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ject show. among which the lncernacionnl aerial observacion, among other things",
Bibliography of Milirary H isrory, edired by as Edward Mead Earle obscrved in his 'Ma-
our organisacion. should be mencioned. kers of Modern Sr:racegy'.
Milimry science is co be considered a syn· Likewise, che ChinoJapanesc War, th~
thesis of che accunl experience of war on Boer W ar, che Russo-Japancsc: Wnr wcre
one hand and of theorccical reflexion on eagerly analysed by European srraregists.
whar cook piace on che mher. Thls conci· DUiiog che Sevcmcench Cenrury European
nenr has always been divided, ns Monre- milic:ary scienrisr sharcd rhc sa mc expericn·
ce.s and the same way of chinking. In our
squicu sa id: '.Europe is noc a single narion,
rimes, chis goes for che world as n wholc.
ic's one of many.' Realising chis, wc cnn
Scrncegic rhinking on a global scale raises
underscand how professional soldiers on
impormnr quescions. Lec us ali considcr,
cht- ban:lefìtld have been ablc co read che
aware of how complicatcd chey a re, how
minds of their adversaries, both sides their
challenging it will be co dea! wich those
own flexible rcsponses.
macrers ac rhis conference.
In modern times, warfare has beeo and is
waged on a global scale. involving evcr
changing coalitions and afTeccing whole so- Terminando quesco discorso, voglio, una
cieries. The European Seaborne Empiies volca ancora, ringraziare le autorità irolia-
brought Europea n straregy co ocher conci- ne che hanno assicurato i mezzi per orga-
nems. Thc: America n War of lndipende.o- ninare quesro Colloquio; vi ringra.zio per
ce appeared as a dash of Europea n armies. l'onore che ci avere farro, partecipando a
Almosr a hundred yearslacer, howcver, Eu- que.sra ceiimooia di apertura.
Torci noi, ringraziamo per l'amicizia ca-
ropean scrucgisrs were eager co learn from
lorosa e per l'accoglienza simpatica che ci
the exploia of che Ci vii War, asi t showed
a vere offerto.
the way modern war was ro be. "The cac-
Auguro a runi vemo favorevole e mare
cics of oui Civ il War were for generations
calmo.
che objc:cr of careful scudy by European
Ammjraglio, possi~mo s<~lpare.
sraifs; che movement of troops by rail, mi-
ning and >Upplymg, trench w1ufare, and CORNELIUS M. 5CIIU1.1'EN