The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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About A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor was a 20th-century English historian. Alan John Percivale Taylor was an English historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his television lectures. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war