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Chesterton on War and Peace: Battling the Ideas and Movements That Led to Nazism and World War II
In this collection of articles written before, during, and just after World War I, G. K. Chesterton described what had gone wrong with Germany and warns that, if the nation is not forced to change, this war will followed by another and still more horrible war. He criticizes internationalists, pacifists and militarists and wants peace maintained by an anti-German alliance s...more
Hardcover, 448 pages
Published
May 1st 2008
by Inkling Books
(first published February 15th 2008)
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This book is a collection of G.K. Chesterton's writings of war, peace, and foreign policy from the years before World War I, through the war, and into the aftermath. The collection provides an excellent example of his thought. In addition to his trademark wit and wisdom, it also shows the development of his views on various topics, particularly on the subject of Germany. I found this enlightening, because much of his later work is so critical of Germany, that he appeared extremely prejudiced ...more
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a rev...more
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