Author: F. J. C. Hearnshaw

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-24

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780484646789

Excerpt from Democracy at the Crossways: A Study in Politics and History, With Special Reference to Great Britain George, M. Clemenceau, and Signor Orlando stand prominent. Their common burden is excellently summed up by Mr. G. N. Barnes in a fine New Year's appeal to Labour: Democracy is at one and the same time on its trial, and in the crucible. If this war is lost by the Allies the cause of democracy is under eclipse for generations to come, and we leave to our children a heritage of trouble. Among the apocalyptic events four stand forth pre-eminent. They are (1) the Russian Revolution of March; (2) the entry of America into the war in April (3) the Italian debacle of October, and (4) the disintegration of Russia at the Close of the year. The first two events made plain the same fundamental fact which was emphasised in the great speeches of the year, viz. The fact that the war is primarily a mortal combat between national democracy and imperial autocracy. The second two, in tragic disaster and suicidal fiasco, afforded painful demonstrations of the sad truth that democracy's worst enemies are to be found in the ranks of its own professed Champions. 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.