Nationalism, War and Society; A Study of Nationalism and its Concomitant, War, in Their Relation to Civilization; and of the Fundamentals and the Progress of the Opposition to War
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. xxxv, [3], 276, [6] pages. Appendix, which discusses total Naval expenditures by principal Naval Power; Army Appropriations of the Principal Powers; Leading Pacifist Periodicals; Fiction and Drama; and Cases Decided by the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Index. Covers somewhat worn and soiled, spine edges worn. Pencil erasure residue on fep and inside rear cover. Introduction, (pages xiii to xxxv) by Norman Angell. This is a major World War I era pacifist statement, with much World War I data. Includes an introduction by Norman Angell. Part 1 focuses on Nationalism, Its Character, Fallacies, and Faults; Part II focuses on Modern Political and Social Changes and their Reaction on National Rivalry; Part III focuses on Progressive Forces, which seek to overcome the faults of Nationalism and Establish an Order of Things in Agreement with the Evolution of Society; Peace through Diplomacy: Nationalism Retained; Peace through Cooperation: Nationalism Abandoned. World War I has refined or reversed the thought of the opponents of way, and has made them more guarded in their statement, for it has brought the realization that war is not so improbable or impossible as was asserted. A number of pacifists have become more firmly convinced that the only thing that can overcome evil is, not force, but the spiritual weapon of goodwill. The Great War has justified the contention of the opponents of militarism that competitive armaments do not secure peace, but produce war. The Great War has shown that nationalism, as it now is understood, makes war probable. Excerpt by the author: The presumption of this book I frankly acknowledge; to present impartially subjects of so wide a variety and so complex and controversial a character is nothing, if not ambitious. For the faults and errors which, I fear, may have crept into these comprehensive pages I crave lenience; they are the result of finite capacity, and not of conscious straying from the truth. For the aims of the book, the dissemination of ideas and ideals which shall make for a reduction of war, I offer no apology; indeed if, having this cause at heart as I do, I were remiss in it, I should hold myself deserving of great blame.
Prior to World War I, few North American Mennonites attended institutions of higher learning. Even fewer pursued graduate work or received advanced academic degrees. In 1906 Edward Benjamin Krehbiel completed a doctor's degree in history at the University of Chicago. In the next several years Krehbiel was one of the few Mennonites to teach at a major American institution of higher learning, Stanford University. At Stanford Krehbiel was a very popular lecturer and became a prominent peace activist on and off campus. In 1917-1918 he served as a member of the Inquiry, a body of scholars and experts that advised the Woodrow Wilson administration on the post-war peace settlement.
Sir Ralph Norman Angell (26 December 1872 – 7 October 1967) was an English Nobel Peace Prize winner. He was a lecturer, journalist, author and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. Angell was one of the principal founders of the Union of Democratic Control. He served on the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, was an executive for the World Committee against War and Fascism, a member of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union, and the president of the Abyssinia Association. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1931 and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933. During 1905–12, he became the Paris editor for the Daily Mail. He joined the Labour Party in 1920 and was parliamentary candidate for Rushcliffe in the general election of 1922 and for Rossendale in 1923. He was MP for Bradford North from 1929 to 1931; after the formation of the National Government, he announced his decision not to seek re-election on 24 September 1931. In 1931 he was knighted for his public and political services, and in 1933 he was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize. He stood unsuccessfully for the London University seat in 1935. From the mid-1930s, Angell actively campaigned for collective international opposition to the aggressive policies of Germany, Italy, and Japan. He went to the United States in 1940 to lecture in favor of American support for Britain in World War II, and remained there until after the publication of his autobiography in 1951. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Nationalism, War, Anti-War, World War, Economic Consequences, Militarism, Internationalism, Idealism, Pacifism, International Law, Hague Conference, International Judiciary, Peace, International Relations, Diplomacy, Political Engineering
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