A. J. P. Taylor Quote

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.


From the Boer War to the Cold War: Essays on Twentieth-century Europe (ed. Viking Press, 1995)


The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.