Too important to be left to the Generals: The Politics of the Western Front
(2025)
Book Chapter
Johnson, M. (in press). Too important to be left to the Generals: The Politics of the Western Front. In The Cambridge Companion to the Western Front. Cambridge University Press
‘War is too important to be left to the generals.’ This aphorism, commonly attributed to the French Premier Georges Clemenceau, captures one of the most significant dilemmas to confront the states that went to war in the summer of 1914: should the pr... Read More about Too important to be left to the Generals: The Politics of the Western Front.