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Excerpt from The Psychology of the Great War

At least such appeared to be the position. Therefore, it seems obvious that no mere scratching on the surface of modern affairs is likely to give any sufficient reason for this volcanic eruption of 1914, just as the travellers to Vesuvius will not get a very correct idea of the moun tain’s fire by digging in the gardens round Naples.

The basis of this book is the belief that it is impossible to get even the most trivial understanding of the cause and cure of this Great War without a general knowledge of the history of the nations that are fighting it. One very recent event in Germany will show how closely this War is linked with the oldest history of European affairs. A book by Herr Bloem, Das eiserne J ahr, which has sold by the thousand in Berlin during this year, put into print the statement that France could no longer be regarded as a factor in the politics of the World, and continued Rome has fallen, Spain is humbled, Italy is worn out we are in the presence of the bankruptcy of the Romance civilisation – the modest assumption being that it was now the turn of another stock of ideas, the Teutonic.

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Author: Taylor, George Robert Stirling

Topic: History – General History
Media: Book
ISBN: 364040572
Language: English
Pages: 216