This is important: For its first 30 years - from 1948 to 1956, from 1956 to 1967 and from 1967 to 1973 - Israel bought its timeouts with conventional wars against conventional armies of nation states.

这非常重要：以色列建国前30年——从1948到1956，从1956到1967及从1967到1973年——以色列通过正规战争打败民族国家的正规军获得战争暂歇期。

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To avoid future high-profile wars, commanders were told to focus on "smart power" : training national armies to keep the peace and to neutralise threats before they reach the headlines.

为了避免将来高层次的战争，指挥官被要求专注于‘软力量’：训练当地的军人来维和，在威胁变成头条新闻前，和谐掉。

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So, the size of the armies for these megalomaniac wars, these dynastic wars between Austria and France and then they changed partners in 1756, and all of this business.

随着战争的规模也日益增大，各国争相扩军，例如法国与奥地利之间的王朝战争，这两个国家在1756年成为盟友，战争也随之结束了。

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So, the size of the armies for these megalomaniac wars, these dynastic wars between Austria and France and then they changed partners in 1756, and all of this business.

随着战争的规模也日益增大,各国争相扩军,例如法国与奥地利之间的王朝战争,这两个国家在1756年成为盟友,战争也随之结束了

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