Vaguely Interesting Snippets | 4 March 2014 The final exam before war Professor Margaret Snowdon’s definitive account of the history leading up to the outbreak of the First World War (The War that Ended Peace: How Europe abandoned peace for the First World War) includes a snippet showing how clearly the French anticipated invasion. The final exam at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (one of […]
