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> [“So beautiful was that summer that those who survived it invested it with a golden haze; it assumed a retrospective poignancy, as if before it, all had been beautiful, and after it, nothing ever was again. It became the summer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/so-beautiful-was-that-summer-that-those-who-survived-it-invested-it/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

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## More by James L. Stokesbury

> [“Is it too imaginative to say that if the Schlieffen Plan had worked, Adolf Hitler might have remained a private in the List Regiment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/is-it-too-imaginative-to-say-that-if-the-schlieffen-plan-had-worked/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“The wars of the mid-nineteenth century had been short, and they had been won by the state that got the most men in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/the-wars-of-the-mid-nineteenth-century-had-been-short-and-they-had/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“Actually, she had now made it extremely likely that, if Germany developed any expansionist tendencies at all, the French would be dragged into another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/actually-she-had-now-made-it-extremely-likely-that-if-germany/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“None of the treaties could disguise the basic fact of European life—a united Germany was potentially the strongest power on the Continent. France began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/none-of-the-treaties-could-disguise-the-basic-fact-of-european-life-a/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“The Russian delegation, led by Maxim Litvinov, proposed complete and immediate disarmament for everybody; this was rejected out of hand as a Bolshevik trick.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/the-russian-delegation-led-by-maxim-litvinov-proposed-complete-and/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“The fact that France and Britain did go on to win the war preserved their great-power status, but to a very considerable extent they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/the-fact-that-france-and-britain-did-go-on-to-win-the-war-preserved/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“This meant there could be no German rearmament; that meant there could be no equality of arms, and that in turn, by the convoluted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/this-meant-there-could-be-no-german-rearmament-that-meant-there-could/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“In 1932, a commission of the League of Nations produced a preparatory draft for a general scheme of disarmament. The proposal, however, left untouched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/in-1932-a-commission-of-the-league-of-nations-produced-a-preparatory/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“Darwin had said the fittest survived, and the Social Darwinists completed the circle. The best way to demonstrate fitness to survive was to dominate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/darwin-had-said-the-fittest-survived-and-the-social-darwinists/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“The Battle of the Marne was the end of the Schlieffen Plan, the end of the era of short wars, and the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/the-battle-of-the-marne-was-the-end-of-the-schlieffen-plan-the-end-of/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“So beautiful was that summer that those who survived it invested it with a golden haze; it assumed a retrospective poignancy, as if before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/so-beautiful-was-that-summer-that-those-who-survived-it-invested-it/)

[James L. Stokesbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-l-stokesbury/)

> [“Britain and France, honoring their pledge to Poland made earlier in the year, declared war on Germany on September 3. The war lasted nearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-stokesbury/britain-and-france-honoring-their-pledge-to-poland-made-earlier-in/)

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