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How could war be conducted, how could battles be fought and won, through such freakish, uncertain power as that?
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “How could war be conducted, how could battles be fought and won, through such freakish, uncertain power as that?”
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Beveridge questions the feasibility of conducting war under the unpredictable power of the states, highlighting the challenges faced.
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