Excerpt from The Deeper Causes of the War
When I first read these admirable essays of M. Hovelaque, I thought them;, as I still think them, the truest and most illuminative statement anywhere to be found of the causes which have unchained this tempest of war. A nation, when it is at war, is commonly in no mood to consider the causes of the evil which has befallen it. The wickedness of the adversary is accepted as a sufficient explanation. Everything that lends itself to this explanation is eagerly grasped at, and everything that contradicts or supplements it is impatiently rejected. We feel that there will be time enough to understand our enemy when we have defeated him. Evidence as to character is not taken until sentence has been passed. Yet this impatience of the operations of the sympathetic intelligence has its dangers even in war. Some acquaintance with the beliefs and aspirations of the other party is necessary for a good war, as it is for a good peace. Men are never wholly wicked.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Deeper Causes of the War (Classic Reprint) (Emile Hovelaque)