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Years Of The Snake

DURING the First World War the politicians and the generals appear to have been caught up in such a frenzy of intrigue and personal ambition that it seems a wonder the war ever......

Exploding Europe

The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. XI: l ems, 1870 - 1898. Edited by F. H. Hinsley. fi o • Here, for the last time, a fairly tradi- e v■Ith th e signPsower and influence in......