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" Too serious a business : "
Donald Cameron Watt.
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BL
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706345
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b528534
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| Main Entry
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Watt, Donald Cameron.
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Too serious a business : : European armed forces and the approach to the Second World War /\ Donald Cameron Watt.
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, 1975.
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200 p. ;; 23 cm.
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0520028295
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: 9780520028296
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Based on lectures delivered at Cambridge University, 1973.
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Includes index.
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Bibliography: p. [175]-188.
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The nature of the European Civil War, 1919-1939 -- Armed forces within a disintegrating society -- New doctrines and technologies: military conservatism and technological change -- the strategic policies and postures of the powers, 1933-1939 -- Reluctant warriors: European chiefs of staff and the fear of war, 1938-1939 -- Experiences and lessons of the war and its aftermath.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Causes.
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Europe, Armed Forces.
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Europe, Politics and government, 1918-1945.
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D741.W37
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