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First published in 1909, The Great Illusion sets out to answer one of the greatest questions in human history: Why is there war? Specifically, Angell wishes to discuss why there is war between the countries of Europe, which seem to always be at one another's throats.Angell refutes the belief that military power results in greater wealth and instead proposes that advanced economies based on trade and contract law can only generate value in the absence of military upset. War destroys any wealth that conquerors may have wanted to obtain, making the whole enterprise pointless. A deep understanding of this would, then, end the need for war.Students of history, political science, and peace studies will find much to ponder and much to argue with in this classic text. ... Read more

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Sir Norman Angell, pioneer both of international relations as a distinct discipline and of the theory of globalization, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and one of the twentieth century's leading internationalist campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic, lived the great illusion in three senses. First, his 'life job', as he came to call it, was founded upon and defined by The Great Illusion, a best-seller whose original version appeared in 1909: it perceptively showed how economic interdependence would prevent great powers profiting from war; yet it made other, less felicitous, claims from whose implications he spent decades trying to extricate himself. Second, his magnum opus and all his best work derived, to an extent unusual for a public intellectual, not from abstract thinking but from an eventful and varied life as a jobbing journalist in four countries, a cowboy, land-speculator, and gold-prospector in California, production manager of the continental edition of the Daily Mail, author, lecturer, pig farmer, Labour MP, entrepreneur, and campaigner for collective security. Third, he fostered many an enduring illusion about himself by at various times giving wrongly his age, name, nationality, marital status, key career dates, and core beliefs.

By dint of careful detective work, this first biography of Angell reveals the truth about a remarkable life that has hitherto been much misrepresented and misinterpreted. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1913.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: G.P. Putnam's sons in 1913 in 467 pages; Subjects: War; War, Cost of; Disarmament; Commercial policy; International relations; Militarism; Imperialism; Business & Economics / Commercial Policy; Political Science / International Relations / Arms Control; Political Science / International Relations / General; Political Science / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs; Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; Political Science / Peace; ... Read more

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Originally published in 1915. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1922.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: G. P. Putnam's sons in 1916 in 154 pages; Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Peace; United States; History / General; History / Military / World War I; Political Science / International Relations / General; Political Science / Peace; ... Read more

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Originally published in 1922. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1914.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1921Original Publisher: W. Collins SonsSubjects: Economic historyWorld War, 1914-1918Business ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1919Original Publisher: B. W. HuebschSubjects: Reconstruction (1914-1939)Labor policySocial problemsWorking classLaborLabor and laboring classesLabor movementBusiness ... Read more

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SIR NORMAN ANGELL
This is an adult book about a BritishPacifist that mainly lectured about his book The Great Illusion.( I haven't read the Illusion---but the implications I gathered were that there will never be peace, the stronger always pick on the weeker, there will always be war.) He calmed he was an american ,even though he wa born in England;because, he homesteaded 160 acres in Bakersfield Calif. He was a cowboy and was taught how to survive by a cowboy named Covert. He remained in the U.S. for only a short time. He went back to Europe where he had many jobs with the press (he ran a newpaper in Paris). He had influence both positive and negative with anyone of importance in England. It seems his geatest support from the USA was Nicolas Murray Butler. Sir Angell thought his Knighthood was a farce but he used it to influence others. He won the Nobel Peace Prize and was very instrumental in The League Of Nations.Yet the purpose of the Leagur seemed to backfire and help cause the second world war: because, of the abuses of France againts the Germans. Secondly, England stoodby while Germany created it's army,weapons and advance on Austria. Sir Angell was very frustrated with the leadeship of The League of Nation and the Priministers of England such as Chamberland an those that followed, but never gave up. The book was very inlightening, but not an easy book to read. It is definitly not mental chewing gum. Albert Marrin does not talk down. I would say it is written on the 16th grade level. If your into history or international law it should me a must read.

SIR NORMAN ANGELL
This is an adult book about a BritishPacifist that mainly lectured about his book The Great Illusion.( I haven't read the Illusion---but the implications I gathered were that there will never be peace, the stronger always pick on the weeker, there will always be war.) He calmed he was an american because he homesteaded 160 acres in Bakersfield Calif. He was a cowboy and taught how to survive by a cowboy named Covert. He remained in the U.S. for only a short time. He went back to Europe where he had many jobs with the press (he ran a newpape in France)and had influence both positive and negative with anyone of importance in England. It seems his geatest support from the USA was Nicolas Muray Butler. He thought his Knighthood was a farce but he used it to influence others. He won the Nobel Peace Prize and was very instrumental in The League Of Nations that seemed to backfire and help cause the second world war: because, of the abuses of France againts the Germans. Secondly England stood by while Germany created it's army,weapons and advance on Austria. Sir Angell was very frustrated with the leadeship of The League of Nation and the Priminister-Chamberland was a cluts, but never gave up. It was very inlightening, but a tuff read.Albert Marrin does not talk down but I would say it is written on the 16th grade level. If your into history or international law it should me a must read. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1915Original Publisher: G.P. PutnamSubjects: International cooperationMilitarismPeaceUnited StatesInternational organizationLaw / InternationalPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralPolitical Science / PeaceNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAPTER II America's Future -- The Alternatives America an integral part of Western civilization -- Can she affect the course of events in Europe? -- A suggested line of action -- The reasons for adopting it -- The arguments against it considered -- How isolation will lead to militarization of America -- The internationalization of war -- Can security be obtained by armaments? -- War a matter of at least two parties -- Absurdity of ignoring the other party except when the guns go off -- Fallacies of security by armaments and of the Balance of Power -- How societies are formed and the place of force therein -- Common interests the basis of every community -- The future society of nations -- America can lead it if she will -- The sanctions of that society hinted at.In the preceding chapter I attempted to show how deeply must America feel, sooner or later, and for good or evil, the moral and material results of the upheavals in Europe and the new tendencies that will be generated by them. The shells may not hit us, yet there is hardly a farmhouse in our country that will not, however unconsciously, be affected by these far-off events. We may not witness the trains of weary refugees trailing over the roads, but (if we could but see the picture) there will be an endless procession of our own farmers' wives with a hardened and shortened lifeand their children with less ampl... ... Read more

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Volume: pt. 610General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1918Original Publisher: G. P. Putnam's sonsSubjects: International cooperationWorld War, 1914-1918International organizationHistory / Military / World War ILaw / InternationalPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: IIIThe proposals here made to meet the political situation of the Alliance are :(1) The transformation of our Alliance into a permanent League of Nations in which two main principles shall operate: (a) That the security of each state should rest upon the combined strength of the whole League. (b) That the League shall offer to the enemy peoples this clear alternative: Admission into the League on equal terms and protection by it, on conforming to its conditions (which may include democratic representation in foreign affairs) ; or, on failure to conform to its conditions, exclusion from the benefits of the League, and, instead, the penalty of such coercive measures, economic and other which it can employ.(2) The mechanism of such a League should provide not merely for the representation of its constituent states as geographical units and national or political entities but (by proportional representation) of the minority parties therein.It is further suggested that the method of putting that proposal into effect might be the calling of a Public Inter-Allied Conference to draft the definite plans by which the policy outlined by Mr. Wilson could be put into practice. The Conference should show that the things emphasized in diplomatic rhetoric are indeed the things for which the war is being fought, by dealing first and foremost with these objects:(1... ... Read more

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With Eastern Europe a political powder keg in the early years of the 20th century, this plea for reasoned pacifism-first published in 1912-seems entirely prescient in hindsight, with our foreknowledge of the dreadful war to engulf the continent two years later.A classic of political theory, Peace Theories and the Balkan War discusses:. the inadequacies of the terms "war" and "peace". the economic motives for war. the impossibility of separating the moral and the material. the danger of war to be found in its illusions. war and religion. and much more.British journalist and politician SIR RALPH NORMAN ANGELL (1872-1967) was an executive for the World Committee against War and Fascism and a member of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union. Knighted in 1931, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933. From 1905 to 1912, he was the Paris editor for the Daily Mail, and served as a Labour MP from 1929 to 1931. He is also the author of The Fruits of Victory. ... Read more