Preface signed: Mark Sykes. Edmund Sandars."This book is by no means merely a joke at the expense of an imaginary personality; it bears also a serious...
"This book is by no means merely a joke at the expense of an imaginary personality; it bears also a serious lesson. Major-General D'Ordel impersonates characteristics but too common among those who, at all events until lately, directed the policy and administration of the War Office."--Pref.