peace

An Unabridged, Digitally Enlarged Edition, To Include All Endnotes And Introductory - Europe Before The War, The Conference, The Treaty, Reparation, Europe After The Treaty And Remedies, With An Updated Layout And Typeface

Armies rely so much on past experiences to validate current practices that they are o

with doctrines and traditions developed over decades and even centuries to guide and sustain soldiers in combat, they have been understandably hesitant to adopt new, unproven methods of war

without conducting extraordinarily time-consuming and detailed tests and reviews. Yet armies have o

violent competition that marks their trade, survival has often gone to the smartest and most innovative force rather than to the largest or best armed one. Thus, however risky, innovation has over the

ages become the hallmark of successful military establishments.