"It is an extraordinarily clearly written treatise upon an absorbingly interesting subject, and it is one which no thinking soldier should neglect to study.... Mr. Angell's book is much to be commended in this respect. It contains none of the nauseating sentiment which is normally parasitic to 'peace' literature. The author is evidently careful to take things exactly as he conceives them to be, and to work out his conclusions without 'cleverness' and unobscured by technical language. His method is to state the case for the defence (of present-day 'militarist' statecraft), to the best of his ability in one chapter, calling the best witnesses he can find and putting their views from every standpoint so clearly that even one who was beforehand quite ignorant of the subject cannot fail to understand. Mr. Angell's book is one which all citizens would do well to read, and read right through. It has the clearness of vision and the sparkling conciseness which one associates with Swift at his best." ="The Army Service Corps Quarterly" (Aldershot, England), April, 1911.= "The ideas are so original and clever, and in places are argued with so much force and common sense, that they cannot be pushed aside at once as preposterous.... There is food here for profound study.... Above all, we should encourage the sale of 'The Great Illusion' abroad, among nations likely to attack us, as much as possible." ="War Office Times" (London).= "Should be read by everyone who desires to comprehend both the strength and the weakness of this country." * * * * * Transcriber's notes: Punctuation has been normalized. On page 33 "be yond" changed to "beyond." "... beyond saving the Mother Country...." On page 72 "such and-such" changed to "such-and-such." On page 190 "reationship" changed to "relationship." "... on basis of mutual profit the only relationship...." On page 202 "porportion" changed to "proportion." "Our sense of proportion in these matters...." On page 241 "real ze" changed to "realize." "... by the fact that she failed to realize this truth...." On page 267 "anchronism" changed to "anachronism." "... it is an anachronism; it finds its justification in...." On page 317 "indentification" changed to "identification." "... identification between a people and the acts...." On page 340 "orginally" changed to "originally." "... our relative positions is just what it was originally...." On page 359 "fanticism" changed to "fanaticism." "... Mohammedan fanaticism, Chinese Boxerism...."