p. 21
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The new German conception of organizing and planning opened the modern epoch of war. Nothing like the minutely dovetailed plans, routes, and timetables of the mobilization and Aufmarsch of 1870 had been seen before. Thus an army had become the professional and organizational peer of modern history.
— Correlli Barnett
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Source: Wikiquote: "Correlli Barnett" (Quotes, 1960s, The Education of Military Elites (1967): 'The Education of Military Elites', Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 2, No. 3, Education and Social Structure (July 1967))
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About Correlli Barnett
Correlli Douglas Barnett (28 June 1927 – 10 July 2022) was an English military historian, who also wrote works of economic history, particularly on the United Kingdom's post-war "industrial decline".
About Correlli Barnett
Correlli Douglas Barnett (28 June 1927 – 10 July 2022) was an English military historian, who also wrote works of economic history, particularly on the United Kingdom's post-war "industrial decline".
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