He said they would bring back the militarists and the general staff.
May be, but there have been countries which have managed to build a new army with a new general staff.
But it did not cause the general staff to abandon its belief that the conduct of battle could and should be subject to rational analysis and guidance.
At the same time the chief of the army's general staff had gained confidence in his own success.
His is a general staff view of the world, rather than the world's view of the general staff.
The instruction at the general staff academy put the weight on administration rather than command.
The general staff developed an intellectual and a material solution to this problem.
At the same time, higher colonial recruitment became more appealing to the general staff, struggling to adjust to its shrinking defence budget.
