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The Abolition of War: The Case against War and Questions and Answers concerning War
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The Abolition of War: The Case against War and Questions and Answers concerning War

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Contributors:

   Sherwood Eddy, Kirby Page

Publisher:

   George H. Doran Company

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1924
Subjects:   War, War--Religious Aspects
Table of contents
CONTENTS
PART I: The Case Against War By SHERWOOD EDDY
I: A PERSONAL TESTIMONY 13
II: THE DEFINITION OF WAR 26
III: WAR IS WRONG IN ITS METHODS 33
1. RUTHLESS MILITARY NECESSITY 33
2. REPRISALS AND COUNTER-REPRISALS 38
3. DISTORTED PROPAGANDA 41
IV: WAR IS WRONG IN ITS RESULTS 46
1. IT IS DESTRUCTIVE OF WEALTH 46
2. IT IS DESTRUCTIVE HUMAN LIFE 49
3. IT IS DESTRUCTIVE OF MORAL STANDARDS 53
4. IT IS FUTILE AND SUICIDAL 60
V: WAR IS UNCHRISTIAN 64
VI: FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE 77
PART II: Questions and Answers Concerning War By KIRBY PAGE
INTRODUCTION 103
I: THE USE OF FORCE, POLICE AND WAR 105
1. Would you use force in defending the helpless? 105
2. If the use of force is ever justifiable, can we not justify a righteous war by the same line of reasoning? 107
3. Is not war simply an extension of the police power? 108
4. Do not the American and British fleets constitute an effective international police force? 110
II: THE RESULTS OF WAR 113
5. Is it not true that more good than harm resulted from our Revolutionary War and Civil War? 113
6. Did not the World War save the peoples of the earth from Prussian militarism? 114
7. Is not the maintenance of political liberty worth any cost? 115
8. Bad as it is, is not war sometimes the lesser of two evils? 117
9. Could not a small war be waged without the terrible consequences of a great war? 119
III: THE CAUSES OF WAR 121
10. Have we any reason to revise the previous judgment that Germany caused the World War? 121
11. In what ways is economic imperialism a cause of war? 125
12. To what extent is military preparedness a cause of war? 127
13. To what extent is extreme nationalism a cause of war? 128
14. In what ways is secret diplomacy a cause of war? 129
15. To what extent is fear a cause of war? 130
IV: SUBSTITUTES FOR WAR 132
16. So long as human nature remains as it is, are not further wars inevitable? 132
17. How can we end the anarchy which now prevails between nations? 136
18. Would not a super-government be a menace to our national freedom? 137
19. Should the United States enter the present World Court? 140
20. What should we do about the League of Nations? 143
21. In what ways should the League and the World Court enforce their decisions? 147
22. Can a person who is opposed to all war consistently support the League of Nations? 150
23. What attitude should we take toward the movement for the outlawry of war? 151
24. Would a law requiring a national referendum before a declaration of war be of any great value? 153
25. Would a law providing for conscription of wealth in wartime help to prevent war? 154
26. How should we deal with a "mad-dog" nation? 155
27. What should we do in case of a threatened invasion by Japan? 157
28. Would we not be justified in going to war with Turkey in order to protect the Armenians? 159
29. Would we not be justified in going to war with Mexico in order to prevent bandits from crossing the border and killing our citizens? 163
30. How far should our Government go in protecting the property and lives of our citizens in other lands? 164
31. Is passive resistance an effective weapon against armed aggression? 169
V. THE CHURCHES AND WAR 173
32. Does not the Old Testament justify war? 173
33. Did Jesus ever face a war situation? 175
34. Can you imagine Jesus sanctioning or participating in any modern war? 177
35. Is Jesus' way of life practicable for nations? 179
36. What should a Christian in Belgium or France have done in 1914? 181
37. What should a Christian in the United States do if our soil is actually invaded by a foreign army? 186
38. What would happen if the churches of America should unequivocally renounce war as sin and should refuse utterly to sanction or support it again? 188
39. What are the churches now saying concerning the war system? 192
VI: THE CITIZEN AND WAR 198
40. Is loyalty to country the highest of all loyalties? 198
41. Is it justifiable for a citizen, on grounds of conscience, to refuse to take an active part in war? 200
42. If a citizen is justified in disobeying the command of the state to engage in war, is he not also justified in disobeying the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act? 203
43. Is it treason to refuse to engage in war? 204
44. What right has a citizen who enjoys the blessings of his country to refuse to fight in the hour of danger? 205
45. Is a student justified in refusing to participate in compulsory military training? 208
46. What attitude should a Christian take toward military training camps? 208
47. What is the value of going on record now as refusing to sanction or participate in any future war? 209
48. If only a small percentage of citizens were willing to take the position of conscientious objectors in the event of war, what good would it accomplish for a minority to do so? 211
49. Is it not foolish and unpatriotic to pledge one's self now not to support any future war, without waiting for full information at the time of the emergency? 212
50. Is it not cowardly to refuse to use military weapons in defense of country and humanity? 214
INDEX 216
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