The National Review, Volume 70W.H. Allen, 1918 |
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Page 41
... importance . As a matter of fact , there are few people in this country who have any clear notion of the functions of a General Staff ; nor is this surprising in view of the fact that before the war it was muzzled and powerless to ...
... importance . As a matter of fact , there are few people in this country who have any clear notion of the functions of a General Staff ; nor is this surprising in view of the fact that before the war it was muzzled and powerless to ...
Page 42
... important that it should only be entrusted to officers most carefully trained and selected as possess- ing the peculiar qualities required , which are , as regards certain branches of General Staff work , entirely different from those ...
... important that it should only be entrusted to officers most carefully trained and selected as possess- ing the peculiar qualities required , which are , as regards certain branches of General Staff work , entirely different from those ...
Page 43
... important part of it - namely , that concerned with the formulation of military policy and the direction of operations - practically ceased to exist . The officers who held all the more important posts suddenly dropped out ; other ...
... important part of it - namely , that concerned with the formulation of military policy and the direction of operations - practically ceased to exist . The officers who held all the more important posts suddenly dropped out ; other ...
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... importance in themselves compared to the fact that we became in the first year of the war committed to a military policy which ignored every elementary principle of strategy . Now it is a truism that in war , whereas a mistake in ...
... importance in themselves compared to the fact that we became in the first year of the war committed to a military policy which ignored every elementary principle of strategy . Now it is a truism that in war , whereas a mistake in ...
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... important feature of his work has been his influence in ensuring unity of purpose and of effort between all the Allies , a task which has required great tact , insight , and firmness . The above has not been written in order to give Sir ...
... important feature of his work has been his influence in ensuring unity of purpose and of effort between all the Allies , a task which has required great tact , insight , and firmness . The above has not been written in order to give Sir ...
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