One constant among the elements of 1914โas of any eraโwas the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not to act upon what they suspected to be true.
Barbara TuchmanOne constant among the elements of 1914โas of any eraโwas the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not to act upon what they suspected to be true.
Barbara Tuchman