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- The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers whole source · open book
Since 1871, they had known that they could not stand alone against Germany; the 1914–1918 conflict simply confirmed that judgment. This is not to downgrade the French contribution to the war, either in military or economic items, but merely to put it in context.
chapter: Total War and the Power Balances, 1914–1918