at least among the elites in france,

至少是在精英阶层中是如此
they respond in kind and everything gets big titles, big titres,

他们倾尽所有希望获得头衔
big headlines and stuff like that.

希望自己成为大人物等等诸如此类
They don't go to war.

他们都不愿意打战
But what it does is it reaffirms these stereotypes

但正是这些加深了法德的成见
and it makes people a little more edgy.

人们也因此而变得急躁不安
In 1913, but well before that, military planners--

1913年在此之前军事参谋们
I have three minutes and that's just what I need--

我还有三分钟刚好够用
military planners are looking ahead to the next war.

军事参谋们都期望着下一场战争的来临
The French we've already talked about.

我们刚刚说到法国人
They have a not terribly poetically designated plan number eighteen,

他们制定了一个十八号计划名字没什么诗意
which is to invade alsace-Lorraine with élan.

这个计划是要重新收回阿尔萨斯-洛林地区