The National Review, Volume 70W.H. Allen, 1918 |
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Page 17
... Heads I win , but tails I don't lose . " WERE we challenged as to the military outlook , despite the danger of prophecy before the event , we should be inclined to say that with a modicum of luck the Allies might Verdun cause disaster ...
... Heads I win , but tails I don't lose . " WERE we challenged as to the military outlook , despite the danger of prophecy before the event , we should be inclined to say that with a modicum of luck the Allies might Verdun cause disaster ...
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... Heads of the Belligerent Peoples , " to whom Bene- dictus XV thus appealed : Since the beginning of our Pontificate , amid the horrors of the terrible war let loose on Europe , we have kept in mind three things above all : to maintain ...
... Heads of the Belligerent Peoples , " to whom Bene- dictus XV thus appealed : Since the beginning of our Pontificate , amid the horrors of the terrible war let loose on Europe , we have kept in mind three things above all : to maintain ...
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... as regards certain branches of General Staff work , entirely different from those required for the exercise of command in the field . At the head of this organization is placed , not the soldier appointed to 42 THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
... as regards certain branches of General Staff work , entirely different from those required for the exercise of command in the field . At the head of this organization is placed , not the soldier appointed to 42 THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
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... head of the whole military machine , the brain of the national defence . Now the whole of this machinery was thrown out of gear in the first week of war , and the most important part of it - namely , that concerned with the formulation ...
... head of the whole military machine , the brain of the national defence . Now the whole of this machinery was thrown out of gear in the first week of war , and the most important part of it - namely , that concerned with the formulation ...
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... head who formulated a policy , gave the most careful consideration to every question , foresaw clearly the result of the course on which the Government had embarked , and gave them excellent advice . But his position was impossible , he ...
... head who formulated a policy , gave the most careful consideration to every question , foresaw clearly the result of the course on which the Government had embarked , and gave them excellent advice . But his position was impossible , he ...
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