The Fruits of Victory. Norman Angell
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Norman Angell
The Fruits of Victory
A Sequel to The Great Illusion
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664561176
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
CHAPTER I (pp. 3-60) OUR DAILY BREAD
CHAPTER II (pp. 61-80) THE OLD ECONOMY AND THE POST-WAR STATE
CHAPTER III (pp. 81-111) NATIONALITY, ECONOMICS, AND THE ASSERTION OF RIGHT
CHAPTER IV (pp. 112-141) MILITARY PREDOMINANCE—AND INSECURITY
CHAPTER V (pp. 142-168) PATRIOTISM AND POWER IN WAR AND PEACE: THE SOCIAL OUTCOME
CHAPTER VI (pp. 169-198) THE ALTERNATIVE RISKS OF STATUS AND CONTRACT
CHAPTER VII (pp. 199-251) THE SPIRITUAL ROOTS OF THE SETTLEMENT
I The relation of certain economic facts to Britain’s independence and Social Peace
3 The ‘Prosperity’ of Paper Money
4 The European disintegration: Britain’s concern.
5 The Limits of Political Control
CHAPTER II THE OLD ECONOMY AND THE POST-WAR STATE
CHAPTER III NATIONALITY, ECONOMICS, AND THE ASSERTION OF RIGHT
The Balance of Power and Defence of Law and Nationality.
CHAPTER IV MILITARY PREDOMINANCE—AND INSECURITY
CHAPTER V PATRIOTISM AND POWER IN WAR AND PEACE
CHAPTER VI THE ALTERNATIVE RISKS OF STATUS AND CONTRACT
From Balance to Community of Power
CHAPTER VII THE SPIRITUAL ROOTS OF THE SETTLEMENT
‘An evil idealism and self-sacrificing hates.’
We create the temper that destroys us
Fundamental Falsehoods and their Outcome
ADDENDUM THE ARGUMENT OF THE GREAT ILLUSION
CHAPTER I THE ‘IMPOSSIBILITY OF WAR’ MYTH
CHAPTER II ‘ECONOMIC’ AND ‘MORAL’ MOTIVES IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
CHAPTER III THE GREAT ILLUSION ARGUMENT
CHAPTER IV ARGUMENTS NOW OUT OF DATE
CHAPTER V THE ARGUMENT AS AN ATTACK ON THE STATE
CHAPTER VI VINDICATION BY EVENTS
CHAPTER VII COULD THE WAR HAVE BEEN PREVENTED?
INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
THE case which is argued in these pages includes the examination of certain concrete matters which very obviously and directly touch important American interests—American foreign trade and investments, the exchanges, immigration, armaments, taxation, industrial unrest and the effect of these on social and political organisation. Yet the greatest American interest here discussed is not any one of those particular issues, or even the sum of them, but certain underlying forces which more than anything else, perhaps, influence all of them. The American reader will have missed the main bearing of the argument elaborated in these pages unless that point can be made clear.
Let us take a few of the concrete issues just mentioned. The opening chapter deals with the motives which may push Great Britain still to struggle for the retention of predominant power at sea. The force of those motives is obviously destined to be an important factor in American politics, in determining, for instance, the amount of American taxation. It bears upon the decisions which American voters and American statesmen will be called upon to make in American elections within the next few years. Or take another aspect of the same question: the peculiar position of Great Britain in the matter of her dependence upon