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It is only natural in men who have never studied war , and who would be incapable of understanding it if they did , to make such mistakes , but they are dangerous in Governments , as they paralyse foresight and prevent preparation .
It is only natural in men who have never studied war , and who would be incapable of understanding it if they did , to make such mistakes , but they are dangerous in Governments , as they paralyse foresight and prevent preparation .
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We are officially warned to prepare for superior enemy numbers and gun - power in the West . There may be sudden attacks on an unprecedented scale , considerable reverses and substantial losses in prisoners , through the overrunning of ...
We are officially warned to prepare for superior enemy numbers and gun - power in the West . There may be sudden attacks on an unprecedented scale , considerable reverses and substantial losses in prisoners , through the overrunning of ...
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But without M. Clemenceau's " Victory , ” pace Mr. Arnold Bennett , the Allies can do nothing except devote themselves to preparation for future wars and rumours of wars . We may put the point thus : civilization could endure , or at ...
But without M. Clemenceau's " Victory , ” pace Mr. Arnold Bennett , the Allies can do nothing except devote themselves to preparation for future wars and rumours of wars . We may put the point thus : civilization could endure , or at ...
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... the Berlin Government is preparing to grasp no less than onequarter of the total area of European Russia , embracing about one - third of its population , including these historic regions , which are in one shape or another to be at ...
... the Berlin Government is preparing to grasp no less than onequarter of the total area of European Russia , embracing about one - third of its population , including these historic regions , which are in one shape or another to be at ...
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They may be prepared to fall in with the arrangement in the case of a Turenne or of a Eugene or of a Napoleon as master , but they are exacting in this matter , and rather hard to please . Forces furnished by quite minor States that ...
They may be prepared to fall in with the arrangement in the case of a Turenne or of a Eugene or of a Napoleon as master , but they are exacting in this matter , and rather hard to please . Forces furnished by quite minor States that ...
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