Barbara W. Tuchman Quote

One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not to act upon what they suspected to be true.


The Guns of August: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War (ed. Penguin UK, 2014) - ISBN: 9780241968222


One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not ...

One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not ...

One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not ...

One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not ...