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II lf we may judge the trend of thought of an army by that of its military literature , it is clear that at the present day the two leading armies of continental Europe do not think quite alike about war . In France a school of thought ...
II lf we may judge the trend of thought of an army by that of its military literature , it is clear that at the present day the two leading armies of continental Europe do not think quite alike about war . In France a school of thought ...
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that the General Staffs of France and Germany use official military history as an instrument to mould thought to the end that the problems of war may be viewed in the army from a consistent standpoint . A comparison of the teaching ...
that the General Staffs of France and Germany use official military history as an instrument to mould thought to the end that the problems of war may be viewed in the army from a consistent standpoint . A comparison of the teaching ...
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If an unknown Captain Mahan of the United States Navy had not during the ' eighties thought so deeply about his profession of war at sea , and had not clothed his thoughts in the lucid and convincing language which lends quality and ...
If an unknown Captain Mahan of the United States Navy had not during the ' eighties thought so deeply about his profession of war at sea , and had not clothed his thoughts in the lucid and convincing language which lends quality and ...
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1 The Science of War By the late Colonel G F | 1 |
Constable and Co 1908 | 31 |
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