The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National AdvantageAngell, Norman
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The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage
Angell, Norman
Commercial policy; Disarmament; Imperialism; War; War, Cost of
stigmatized by _Times_ in Dreyfus case, 250-252;
Mr. Chamberlain on, 310;
position of the statesman in, 370
Franco-German War: position of France after, 95-99;
Bismarck on, 97-98;
alleged benefit of, to Germany, 99;
some difficulties resulting from, in Germany, 100-106;
no advantage gained by, to Germany, 252-253
Fried, A., 316-317
Friendship in international relations, 374;
general question of, 374-377
Froude, 311
Gaevernitz. _See_ Schulze-Gaevernitz
Germany: Mr. Harrison on effect of military predominance of, 6;
Dr. Schulze-Gaevernitz on German Navy, 6;
R. Blatchford on German attack, 18;
Admiral von Koster on overseas interest of, 20-21;
future demands of, with regard to Europe, 23;
aims of Pan-Germanists, 43-44;
the position of German citizen if Germany "owned" Holland, 44;
value of Alsace-Lorraine to, 45-49;
Withers quoted on commerce of, and English credit, 59;
false theory of annihilation of, explained, 69;
Lavisse on financial crisis in, 96;
economic effect of aforesaid crisis, 97-99;
progress of Socialism in, after war of 1870, 99;
emigration statistics in, 100;
financial position in regard to France, 102;
political evolution of, before the war, 102;
social difficulties in, resulting from Franco-German War, 103;
failure of war from point of view of annexation and indemnity, 104;
and the acquisition of Canada, 109-110;
the case of colonial conquest, 118-121;
if Germany had conducted the Boer War, 126-127;
trade of, with occupied territory, 132;
trade in Egypt, statistics of, 132;
benefits of "ownership," fallacy of, 133;
growth and expansion of, 140-143;
methods of colonial exploitation, 140-142;
protection of interests in Asia Minor, 147;
commercial supremacy of, in undeveloped territory, 147-148;
Sir H. Johnston on Germany's real object of conquest, 150;
burden of Alsace-Lorraine, 176;
R. Blatchford on policy of, 178;
R. Blatchford in defence of, 215;
"rage for luxury" in, 216;
reputed military character of, disproved on investigation, 217-218;
as type of a military nation, 225-226;
conscription in, 225-226;
wisdom of, in avoiding war, 226;
Kotze scandal in, 252;
no advantage gained by war of 1870, 252;
growth of social democratic movement in, 254;
_Berliner Tageblatt_ in praise of England as compared with, 255;
progress owing to regimentation, 255-256;
Mr. Harbutt Dawson on unified, 256-257;
false idea of British hostility to, 310;
cause of British hostility towards, 315;
R. Blatchford on warlike preparations of, to destroy Britain, 316;
Mr. Fried on heterogeneous nature of, 316-317;
_North German Gazette_ on strikes in,
and effects of co-operation, 319-320;
_Morning Post_ on German aggression, 331;
Mr. Churchill and German defence, 346;
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