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The Great Illusion

Norman Angell

Nonfictionabout 12 h 30 min of listening

A philosopher and M.P. argues that the financial and commercial interdependence of modern nations renders military conquest economically futile and traditional empire-building self-defeating.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Preface to the Fourth American Edition
  3. Preface
  4. Synopsis
  5. Part I: The Economics of the Case
  6. I: Statement of the Economic Case for War
  7. II: The Axioms of Modern Statecraft
  8. III: The Great Illusion
  9. IV: The Impossibility of Confiscation
  10. V: Foreign Trade and Military Power
  11. VI: The Indemnity Futility
  12. VII: How Colonies Are Owned
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  1. VIII: The Fight for “The Place in the Sun”
  2. Part II: The Human Nature and Morals of the Case
  3. I: The Psychological Case for War
  4. II: The Psychological Case for Peace
  5. III: Unchanging Human Nature
  6. IV: Do the Warlike Nations Inherit the Earth?
  7. V: The Diminishing Factor of Physical Force: Psychological Results
  8. VI: The State as a Person: A False Analogy and Its Consequences
  9. Part III: The Practical Outcome
  10. I: The Relation of Defence to Aggression
  11. II: Armament, but Not Alone Armament
  12. III: Is the Political Reformation Possible?
  13. IV: Methods
  14. Appendix
  15. Endnotes
  16. Colophon
  17. Uncopyright

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