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Colonial Background and Leadership in World War I: The Tragic Case of Gallieni
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 18, Number 1, Winter 1995
- pp. 1-30
- 10.1353/bio.2010.0240
- Article
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A colonial background is sometimes seen as irrelevant for a technologically advanced conflict. But the career of Joseph Gallieni, a great French imperial figure, shows how that background helped make him a valuable strategist and leader for World War I. The tragedy is how he was underutilized in that war.