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The Real War 1914–1918

by B.H. Liddell Hart

Back Bay. 1964. 508p. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780316525053. pap. $23.99.

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From 1930 and still in print, one of the earliest histories by a participant and tactician, comparing well with later scholarship. His conclusions on British failings were said to have been taken to heart by the Germans, who made changes for World War II.

Reviewed by Edwin B. Burgess, Margaret Heilbrun , Nov 01, 2013

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