PARIS TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW SERIES _DÆDALUS, or Science and the Future_ By J. B. S. Haldane _ICARUS, or The Future of Science_ By the Hon. Bertrand Russell, F.R.S. _THE MONGOL IN OUR MIDST_ By F. G. Crookshank, M.D. _Fully Illustrated_ _WIRELESS POSSIBILITIES_ By Prof. A. M. Low. _With four Diagrams_ _NARCISSUS, An Anatomy of Clothes_ By Gerald Heard. _Illustrated_ _TANTALUS, or The Future of Man_ By F. C. S. Schiller _THE PASSING OF THE PHANTOMS_ By Prof. C. J. Patten, M.A., M.D., Sc.D., F.R.A.I. _CALLINICUS, A Defence of Chemical Warfare_ By J. B. S. Haldane _QUO VADIMUS? Some Glimpses of the Future_ By E. E. Fournier d’Albe, D.Sc., F.Inst.P. _THE CONQUEST OF CANCER_ By H. W. S. Wright, M.S., F.R.C.S. _HYPATIA, or Woman and Knowledge_ By Dora Russell (The Hon. Mrs. Bertrand Russell) _LYSISTRATA, or Woman’s Future and Future Woman_ By A. M. Ludovici _WHAT I BELIEVE_ By the Hon. Bertrand Russell, F.R.S. _PERSEUS, or Of Dragons_ By H. F. Scott Stokes, M.A. _THE FUTURE OF SEX_ By Rebecca West _THE EVOCATION OF GENIUS_ By Alan Porter _AESCULAPIUS, or Disease and The Man_ By F. G. Crookshank, M.D. _PROTEUS, or The Future of Intelligence_ By Vernon Lee _THAMYRIS, or Is there a Future for Poetry?_ By R. C. Trevelyan _PROMETHEUS, or Biology and the Advancement of Man_ By H. S. Jennings _PARIS, or The Future of War_ By Captain B. H. Liddell Hart _Other Volumes in Preparation_ E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY PARIS OR The Future of War BY CAPT. B. H. LIDDELL HART [Illustration] NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 FIFTH AVENUE Copyright 1925 By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY _All Rights Reserved_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS PAGE THE FUTURE OF WAR 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE FALSE OBJECTIVE 10 PERMANENT NATIONAL OBJECTS 18 THE NATIONAL OBJECTIVE IN WAR 19 HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF THE MORAL OBJECTIVE 23 THE MEANS TO THE MORAL OBJECTIVE 27 THE AIR WEAPON 37 OBJECTIONS TO THE AIR-ATTACK 43 ARE ARMIES AND NAVIES OBSOLETE? 53 THE NAVAL WEAPON 56 THE ARMY WEAPON 62 THE EVOLUTION OF “NEW MODEL” ARMIES 78