Through the Looking Glass: German Strategic Planning Before 1914

2015/06/01 by Holger H. Herwig · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.1111/hisn.12066

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Abstract

“Contrariwise,” continued Tweedledum,“if it was so, it might be;and, if it were so, it would be;but as it ain't, it ain't.That's logic.”Lewis Carroll,Through the Looking GlassIn August 1914 the arm...

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