Representative Government and War (Classic Reprint)
Representative Government and War (Classic Reprint)

Author: Charles Ross

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-29

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780267094196

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Excerpt from Representative Government and War War is the struggle for existence between races, between nations, between man and man, and between animals. Two nations urgently desirous of the same thing on which existence depends enter into com petition with each other. Compromise may follow compromise, but the end will be the same - war. War is the great crisis in the life of a nation, which decides whether that nation shall Continue to exist. It is a struggle for existence, in which one nation strikes to kill another nation. 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.

The Degradation of Our Representative System and Its Reform (Classic Reprint)
The Degradation of Our Representative System and Its Reform (Classic Reprint)

Author: J. Francis Fisher

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781331217626

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Excerpt from The Degradation of Our Representative System and Its Reform Whatever may be the result of the bloody war now raging, it is presumed there is no one who does not see that it has already given such a shock to our republican institutions, that they will require great and important modifications, if not a reconstruction from their very foundation. Many changes must be made, both to give the requisite strength to the general Government, and to prevent that strength being abused; to consolidate the restored or diminished confederacy, and, at the same time, to save our local institutions, our personal liberties, from extinction; above all, to guard us, if possible, from the evils we have experienced in our system of election for National offices, especially, that of President of the United States; evils which will be greatly augmented in the inevitable consequence of the present war, - the enormous military power of the Executive. 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.

Representative Government and War
Representative Government and War

Author: Charles Ross

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781358021527

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National Governments and the World War (Classic Reprint)
National Governments and the World War (Classic Reprint)

Author: Frederic Austin Ogg

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-13

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 9780332351605

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Excerpt from National Governments and the World War The present volume is ofiered as an aid to the difiusion of this sort of knowledge and spirit. It deals mainly with com parative government and undertakes to show what the heritage and genius of the principal peoples lately engaged in the World War have meant in the shaping of contemporary political institu tions and ideas. It seeks also to describe the great changes wrought in governmental organization and procedure during the war, and to point out the major political problems that remain for settlement during the early years of peace. 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.

The Voice of the People
The Voice of the People

Author: J. L. Stocks

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-31

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781333425470

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Excerpt from The Voice of the People: An Essay on Representative Democracy This essay was planned and partly written during the last year of the war in the intervals of military service in England. At that time the strain of the war, the complete suppression of democratic forms Of government, and the strange incapacity of political leaders in all countries except America to formulate a programme worth fighting for, had produced much bitterness of feeling both within and without the British army. The mind turned with some relief to the consideration Of parlia mentary institutions as they existed in this country before the war and as they might exist again after it, perhaps with some inclination to magnify their possibilities and their superiority over the existing order. The precise question here proposed for investigation was no doubt in uenced by the situation. I asked myself what this democracy, now so plainly absent, really was, and how far it was or might have been realized in the forms of government established in this country before the war. Later, after my release from military service, I had the advantage Of submitting my attempt at an answer to these questions, in the form Of lectures, to a Summer School of the Workers Educational Association at Oxford. To its criticism and encouragement the essay owes much. It seemed that a discussion which ourished so vigorously there might be not without interest to a Wider public. 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."

Government and the War (Classic Reprint)
Government and the War (Classic Reprint)

Author: Spenser Wilkinson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-13

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781528253307

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Excerpt from Government and the War The reader who has followed me thus far can see for himself whether I have described the situation as it really is. I know that many people will not face it. It seems to them too awful. They would rather shut their eyes and build castles in the air labelled 'after the War.' That seems to me the unconscious hypocrisy of despair. I have faith in my country men. Nay, more, I have faith in the French and I have faith in the Italians. But it is for my own countrymen that I am writing. I am sure that they feel with me and that they want to know the worst and to do the best. All that is required is a lead. 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.

Lessons of the War with Spain
Lessons of the War with Spain

Author: Alfred T. Mahan

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780260099044

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Excerpt from Lessons of the War With Spain: And Other Articles It is, of course, vain to expect that the great majority of men should attain even an elemen tary knowledge of what constitutes the strength or weakness of a military situation; but it does not seem extravagant to hope that the individ uals, who will interest themselves thus far, may be numerous enough, and so distributed throughout a country, as to constitute rallying points for the establishment of a sound public Opinion, and thus, in critical moments, to liber ate the responsible authorities from demands which, however unreasonable, no representative government can wholly withstand. 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.

More That Must Be Told (Classic Reprint)
More That Must Be Told (Classic Reprint)

Author: Philip Gibbs

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-14

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780483051249

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Excerpt from More That Must Be Told Looking back at the three years Of history after the Armistice - three years of blundering, moral degradation and reaction to the lowest traditions of national politics - the most tolerant Of minds examining into the causes of that evil time must formulate a grave indictment against one company Of men. Arraigned before an honest jury of public opinion they are a fairly small gang of notorious persons, politically of doubtful character and shady antecedents. They are the Leaders of Europe - the Old Gang, still for the most part in command Of the machinery of government. These men in England, France, and Italy are those who were playing the game of politics before the war, fighting for place and power, taking their turn, now in now out, according to the revolutions of the party wheels, but whether in or out, belonging to the inner circle of that system which, under. The fair name of representative government, arranges the fate of peoples without their knowledge or consent, and by artful appeals to popular passion and ignorance, by spell-words and watchwords of fine sound and empty meaning, keeps the mob obedient to their directing wills, even though it is led to the shambles with the enticing cry Of Dilly, dilly, come and be killed. 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.