Author: W. L. Courtney

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Published: 2016-10-08

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9781539412892

"'Armageddon - And After' is the best statement of the ideals of the idealist which has yet been put forward....In some measure Mr. W. L. Courtney has become the spokesman of the idealists in his arresting book. He looks forward, not as a politician, but as a prophet, to the coming of a new age, and he seeks to enlist the sympathies of those whose hopes have not been dissolved by bitter experience and whose fresh eyes look through and beyond the present, with its tangle of problems, to a better future." -The Fortnightly "Proof of the contention that men are beginning to believe that the Bible is not altogether mute upon the subject of the present war. Certain it is that much of the Bible is taken up with the story of the wars of nations, or with prophetic utterances concerning conflicts which were to come. And it cannot be but that this - the greatest of them all, up to the present time - is also spoken about in Holy Writ." -Percy Tilson Magan, The Vatican and the War: A Retrospect and Forecast, 1915 "This is the first war in the history of the world that has so generally been named Armageddon. In the records of all the wars preceding the titanic struggle now going on, there is scarcely any use of this word. What is the significance of this? Why the general conviction that this war is Armageddon? The answer is very clearly given by Dr. Courtney....In the use of the word 'Armageddon' the writer borrows the main part of the title of his editorial from the apostle John, who wrote the book of Revelation. He then states in the most impressive language that in this World War we have a fulfillment of that prophecy which foretold Armageddon." -Arthur Grosvenor Daniells, The World War: Its Relation to the Eastern Question and Armageddon, 1917 Contents Preface Problems Of The Future - Lessons Of The Past Some Suggested Reforms A Colossal Upheaval -Naked Strength An Ignoble Pacification Never Again! Public Right A New Europe Unexpected War - A Common Will Evil Of Armaments Proximate And Ultimate Causes - A Hundred Years Ago -Absence Of Provocation European Dictators - Equilibrium Fear Of Russia The Personal Factor - The Holy Alliance Military Autocracy Kaiser Wilhelm - Diplomatic Criticism - Limitation Of Armaments An Aggressive Policy - Failure Protection Of Commerce Militarism - A Deceptive Parallel - Trade In Armaments The Evils Of Autocracy - Metternich - Financial Interests The Military Caste - Castlereagh And Canning - Protection Of Financiers Diplomacy - Earthen Vessels - Investing Money Abroad Balance Of Power - Small Nationalities - Ideal Aims Change Of Policy - Some Plain Issues - Greatness Of States Balance Or Concert? European Partnership - Apostles Of The New Era Control Of Foreign Policy - A Moral For Pacifists Compulsory Arbitration Democratic Unanimity