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Can We Disarm?

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For a long time thoughtful people have been asking the question, "When is this constant increase of armaments to cease?" Both on the platform and in the press the idea of reduction has again and again been scouted as impracticable. Within the last few weeks, however, an extraordinary reaction has taken place, and speakers and writers now vie with one another in trying to convince us that disarmament is practicable and that militarism can be abolished. We are told that the military system is so deeply rooted in our economic "system," it constitutes so enormous a proportion of that system, and is so important both to capital and labor, that no power is strong enough to tear it out, and that the ensuing chaos would be appalling to contemplate. The little volume closes with an account of some of the forces at work. It is more than possible, say the authors, that the people will become acutely conscious of the power placed in their hands by wholesale arming on the first occasion of a general mobilization, and that they may calmly proceed to a re-adjustment of social and economic conditions. Therein lies a second possible solution. Peace societies, religion, the Press, and women are the forces at work. Whether we agree with the various arguments of the authors or not, the book is one that cannot be read without material profit.
-"Book News," Volume 17 [1899]

Pages: 158

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Release: June 15, 2016

ISBN: 1534716416

ISBN 13: 9781534716414

Can We Disarm?

0/5 ( ratings)

For a long time thoughtful people have been asking the question, "When is this constant increase of armaments to cease?" Both on the platform and in the press the idea of reduction has again and again been scouted as impracticable. Within the last few weeks, however, an extraordinary reaction has taken place, and speakers and writers now vie with one another in trying to convince us that disarmament is practicable and that militarism can be abolished. We are told that the military system is so deeply rooted in our economic "system," it constitutes so enormous a proportion of that system, and is so important both to capital and labor, that no power is strong enough to tear it out, and that the ensuing chaos would be appalling to contemplate. The little volume closes with an account of some of the forces at work. It is more than possible, say the authors, that the people will become acutely conscious of the power placed in their hands by wholesale arming on the first occasion of a general mobilization, and that they may calmly proceed to a re-adjustment of social and economic conditions. Therein lies a second possible solution. Peace societies, religion, the Press, and women are the forces at work. Whether we agree with the various arguments of the authors or not, the book is one that cannot be read without material profit.
-"Book News," Volume 17 [1899]

Pages: 158

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Release: June 15, 2016

ISBN: 1534716416

ISBN 13: 9781534716414

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