W.L. COURTNEY, M.A., LL.D.
Reading edition
LONDON
CHAPMAN & HALL, Ltd.
1914
Contents
Preface
Chapter IChapter IIChapter III
Problems Of The FutureLessons Of The PastSome Suggested Reforms
A Colossal UpheavalNaked StrengthAn Ignoble Pacification
Never Again!Public RightA New Europe
Unexpected WarA Common WillEvil Of Armaments
Proximate And Ultimate CausesA Hundred Years AgoAbsence Of Provocation
European DictatorsEquilibriumFear Of Russia
The Personal FactorThe Holy AllianceMilitary Autocracy
Kaiser WilhelmDiplomatic CriticismLimitation Of Armaments
An Aggressive PolicyFailureProtection Of Commerce
MilitarismA Deceptive ParallelTrade In Armaments
The Evils Of AutocracyMetternichFinancial Interests
The Military CasteCastlereagh And CanningProtection Of Financiers
DiplomacyEarthen VesselsInvesting Money Abroad
Balance Of PowerSmall NationalitiesIdeal Aims
Change Of PolicySome Plain IssuesGreatness Of States
Balance Or Concert?European PartnershipApostles Of The New Era
Control Of Foreign PolicyA Moral For Pacifists
Compulsory Arbitration
Democratic Unanimity
DEDICATED
WITH ALL HUMILITY AND ADMIRATION
TO
THE YOUNG IDEALISTS OF ALL COUNTRIES
WHO WILL NOT ALLOW THE DREAMS OF THEIR
YOUTH TO BE TARNISHED BY THE
EXPERIENCES OF AN
OUTWORN AGE