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Time, in all crises, is usually the ingredient missing to make a solution. It is best supplied by an agreement on a pause.
The First World War (1998)
Little ground was gained, much life lost.
The First World War (1998)
The First World War was a tragic and unnecessary conflict.
The First World War (1998)
All worked excellently, until fighting began.
The First World War (1998)
Plans made without allowance for the intentions of the enemy are liable to miscarry. So it was to prove in 1916.
The First World War (1998)
By the end of 1915, none of the original combatants was fighting the war that had been wanted or expected. Hopes of quick victory had been dashed, new enemies had appeared, new fronts had opened.
The First World War (1998)
The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West.
The opening months of the First World War marked the termination of two hundred years of a style of infantry fighting which, with decreasing logic, taught that drill and discipline was the best defence against missile weapons, however much improved.
The First World War (1998)
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