Full powers were given to the government and thegeneralstaffheadquarters respectively.
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He found ready support among his colleagues on thegeneralstaff, desperate to limit the quantity of armaments to be assigned to colonial defence.
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Thegeneralstaffitself consisted of officers proven as unit commanders.
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But thegeneralstaffhad learnt two lessons.
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Far from turning its back on new military technologies, thegeneralstaffradically re-wrote its doctrine in the 1920s.
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Thegeneralstaffthought that one doctrine could cover all cases.
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The military element was made up of the chief of thegeneralstaff, the adjutantgeneral, the quartermaster-general, and the master-general of the ordnance.
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At the same time, higher colonial recruitment became more appealing to thegeneralstaff, struggling to adjust to its shrinking defence budget.
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Thegeneralstaffdeveloped an intellectual and a material solution to this problem.
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The instruction at thegeneralstaffacademy put the weight on administration rather than command.
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His is ageneralstaffview of the world, rather than the world's view of thegeneralstaff.
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At the same time the chief of the army'sgeneralstaffhad gained confidence in his own success.
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But it did not cause thegeneralstaffto abandon its belief that the conduct of battle could and should be subject to rational analysis and guidance.
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May be, but there have been countries which have managed to build a new army with a newgeneralstaff.
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He said they would bring back the militarists and thegeneralstaff.
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