In the war of the American Revolution Britain lacked a continental ally, and Britain's enemies were able to concentrate their efforts because they were not distracted by a continental land war.

美国独立战争中，英国缺乏大陆盟友，英国的敌人能够集中力量，因为他们不会因为这场在大陆进行的战争而分心。

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Their land was confiscated after the war.

他们的土地在战后被没收。

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Then the land had rest from war.

于是国中太平，没有争战了。

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They showed the faces of people in a land that still wore the mask of defeat in America's Civil War.

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So control of these international highways brought a great deal of wealth to the area, but the central location was a double-edged sword, because in times of peace it would bring prosperity, but, of course, in times of war the land was perpetually invaded as armies would crisscross the land going off to do battle with the great powers.

对这些国际要道的控制,给这个地区带来了大量的财富，但这处于中心的地理位置也如同一把双刃剑，因为在和平时期它带来繁荣，但，在战乱时期，这块土地常常被侵略,当军队在此刀刃相交,或者经过与强国征战。

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Soon after the Civil War ended in eighteen sixty-five, thousands of Americans began to move west to settle the land.

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David McKiernan, the allied land war commander, visited the British headquarters here today to be briefed on the attacks.

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If that fails, a land war (as opposed to a peacekeeping operation) might become the only way to avert western humiliation.

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And if it takes us to a land war in Iraq, Saudi Arabia will make its military bases available for staging the invasion.

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