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... belligerence which scientific and technical pro- gress has made inevitable . What has happened is essentially this : that the natural limita- tions upon warfare which have existed hitherto appear to have broken down . Hitherto there has ...
... belligerence which scientific and technical pro- gress has made inevitable . What has happened is essentially this : that the natural limita- tions upon warfare which have existed hitherto appear to have broken down . Hitherto there has ...
Page 9
... belligerents , in spite of the natural con- servatism of all professional soldiers , a rapid and logical utiliza- tion of the still largely neglected resources of mechanical and chemical science ; they were compelled to take up every ...
... belligerents , in spite of the natural con- servatism of all professional soldiers , a rapid and logical utiliza- tion of the still largely neglected resources of mechanical and chemical science ; they were compelled to take up every ...
Page 10
... belligerent plants that they had to keep going before 1914. And these tanks will supersede nothing— unless , perhaps , to a cer- tain extent , cavalry . The tank , growing greater and greater and more numerous and various , is ...
... belligerent plants that they had to keep going before 1914. And these tanks will supersede nothing— unless , perhaps , to a cer- tain extent , cavalry . The tank , growing greater and greater and more numerous and various , is ...
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... belligerent systems of Europe , the German Empire being the chief and foremost , have led mankind . Systematic force , over- strained and exhausted , will then give place to chaotic force , and general disorganization will ensue ...
... belligerent systems of Europe , the German Empire being the chief and foremost , have led mankind . Systematic force , over- strained and exhausted , will then give place to chaotic force , and general disorganization will ensue ...
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... belligerent state achieving so much victory as to establish a world - hegemony and a peace based on force , and then relieving the pressure by an enforced and controlled world - disarmament . We should then have a sort of League of ...
... belligerent state achieving so much victory as to establish a world - hegemony and a peace based on force , and then relieving the pressure by an enforced and controlled world - disarmament . We should then have a sort of League of ...
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