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THE WAR BOOK OF THE
GERMAN GENERAL STAFF

BEING “THE USAGES OF WAR ON LAND”
ISSUED BY THE GREAT GENERAL
STAFF OF THE GERMAN ARMY

TRANSLATED WITH A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION

BY
J. H. MORGAN, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AT UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE, LONDON, LATE SCHOLAR OF BALLIOL
COLLEGE, OXFORD; JOINT AUTHOR OF
“WAR: ITS CONDUCT AND ITS
LEGAL RESULTS”

NEW YORK
McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
1915

Published March, 1915

TO
THE LORD FITZMAURICE
IN TOKEN OF
FOURTEEN YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP
AND OF
MUCH WISE COUNSEL IN THE STUDY
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

THE WAR BOOK OF THEGERMAN GENERAL STAFF

THE WAR BOOK OF THE
GERMAN GENERAL STAFF