The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage

by Norman Angell

Book Overview

What are the fundamental motives that explain the present rivalry of armaments in Europe, notably the Anglo-German? Each nation pleads the need for defence; but this implies that someone is likely to attack, and has therefore a presumed interest in so doing. What are the motives which each State thus fears its neighbors may obey?

They are based on the universal assumption that a nation, in order to find outlets for expanding population and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1774415054
• ISBN13: 9781774415054
• Release Date: October 1909
• Publisher: Binker North
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"