Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 13

Taylor & Francis

Bertrand Russell's shorter writings against British participation in the First World War from its outbreak until the formation of Lloyd George's coalition. It includes the fullest documentation yet of the continuing government attempts to stifle Russell, then regarded as Britain's most dangerous pacifist. > Introduction PART I: 4 AUGUST-24 DECEMBER 1914 1 Friends of Progress Betrayed 2 The Rights of the War 3 Will This War End War? Not Unless the Democracy of Europe Awakens 4 War: The Cause and the Cure. Rulers Cannot Be Trusted with Peace Negotiations 5 Our Foreign Office. The Need of Democratic Control 6 Armaments and National Security 7 Belgian Professors in Cambridge 8 Fear As the Ultimate Cause of War 9 Why Nations Love War 10 War?? the Offspring of Fear 11 Letter to C. A. Reed 12 Possible Guarantees of Peace 13 Peace and Goodwill Shall Yet Reign PART II: 1915 14 The Ethics of War 15 Can England and Germany Be Reconciled after the War? 16 The Policy of the Allies 17 Mr. Russel