 ... redeeming features' of war. But the necessities of war completely override all such weaknesses as soon as they begin to endanger actual military interests. And the logic of war tolerates them only as cheap concessions to a foolish popular psychology....  The Idea of a League of Nations - Page 25by Herbert George Wells, Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount), Lionel Curtis, William Archer, Henry Wickham Steed, Alfred Zimmern, John Alfred Spender, James Bryce Bryce (Viscount), Gilbert Murray - 1919 - 44 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1919 - 1066 pages
...interest to observe. The German WarBook quite frankly places the chief sanction of such trammels upon military action, not in humanity, but in the fear...discredit with all but its monomaniac votaries. If we look closely enough, we shall find that all Geneva Conventions and such palliative ordinances, though excellent... | |
 | California - 1919 - 1126 pages
...rules of chivalry or scruples of religion which form the supposed 'redeeming features of war' .... the logic of war tolerates them only as cheap concessions to a foolish popular psychology .... All Geneva Conventions and such palliative ordinances make ultimately for the persistence of war... | |
 | American essays - 1919 - 950 pages
...German WarBook quite frankly places the chief sanction of such trammels upon military action, not hi humanity, but in the fear of reprisals. We do not...discredit with all but its monomaniac votaries. If we look closely enough, we shall find that all Geneva Conventions and such palliative ordinances, though excellent... | |
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