The two books reviewed here bring to mind the remark of Crown Prince Rupprecht (Wittelsbach) of Bavaria who said of the British Expeditionary Force of 1914-15 that they were "an army of lions led by asses."
This will be in the Autumn number of "Middle East Policy" in the book review section and can be seen there or on their site in the last week of September.
http://www.mepc.org/journal_vol13/0609.asp
Pat Lang
