The WarsClarke, Irwin, 1977 - 226 pages In 1915, Robert Ross, a young Canadian, enlists in the army as an officer. His experiences of life in a training camp, of the trenches in Europe, and with death, are vividly told. Some strong language amd explicit descriptions of sex. Winner of the 1977 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 1977. |
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... Clausewitz on War . " Bonnycastle and Devlin and Robert stared at him in disbelief . Levitt picked up the sack protectively . " Well , " he said : " someone has to know what he's doing . " 8 : The dugout , in fact , was rather grand as ...
... Clausewitz on War . " Bonnycastle and Devlin and Robert stared at him in disbelief . Levitt picked up the sack protectively . " Well , " he said : " someone has to know what he's doing . " 8 : The dugout , in fact , was rather grand as ...
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... Clausewitz as follows : " Clausewitz says the true basis of combat is man to man . He says for that reason an army of artillery is an absurdity .. Somebody coughed . 99 Bonnycastle said : “ are you saying we're absurd ? ” " No. I don't ...
... Clausewitz as follows : " Clausewitz says the true basis of combat is man to man . He says for that reason an army of artillery is an absurdity .. Somebody coughed . 99 Bonnycastle said : “ are you saying we're absurd ? ” " No. I don't ...
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... Clausewitz says an excess of artillery leads to a passive character in war . He says artillery must seek out great natural obstacles of ground — mountain positions in order that the topographical impediments may aid the de- fence and ...
... Clausewitz says an excess of artillery leads to a passive character in war . He says artillery must seek out great natural obstacles of ground — mountain positions in order that the topographical impediments may aid the de- fence and ...
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