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PEACE OR WAR THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE 1636-1936 PEACE OR WAR THE
AMERICAN STRUGGLE 1636 - 1 3 BY MERLE CURTI Professor of History,
Smith College W-W-NORTON COMPANY NEW YORK To MARGARKT WOOSTER CURTI
CONTENTS PROSPECT ii I. THE PIONEERS, 1636-1860 16 Attitudes of
colonial Americans towards peace and war The American Revo lution
its relation to militarism, anti militarism, and pacifism The
Jefferson Embargo as an instrument for keeping out of Europes wars
in the Napoleonic period War of 1812 defeatism, paci fist
opposition The origins of the peace movement The Rush-Bagot
Convention Philosophy and tactics of the pre-Civil War peace
movement The leaders in the peace crusade Failures and achieve
ments IL THE TEST OF CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 47 The effort to
compromise and prevent war on the eve of conflict Stop the war
Copperheads and defeatists Quak ers pacifists Anglo-American contro
versies The Trent, the Alabama, attitudes CONTENTS and activities
of the American and Eng lish friends of peace Cleavage between
American and British peace move nents Effects of the Civil War on
the fight for peace in our subsequent history Effects of the Civil
War on the peace movement abroad III. THE RENEWAL OF THE STRUGGLE,
1865-1885 74 Resources and leadership The stimulus of the European
revival of international ism and pacifism Let us have peace the
peace move nent and Reconstruction The challenge of the Indian wars
the Quakers try non-violence The cam paign for arbitration and the
reform and codification of international law Charles Sumner, David
Dudley Field, etc. The Franco-Prussian War IV. ALLIES AND OBSTACLES
1870-1900 104 The inherited ideals of the American peo ple The
passing of the frontier Indus trialconflicts and business
enterprise Immigration Feminism New currents of thought theory of
evolution, social Darwinism, Mutual Aid The new technology of
warfare. Growth of juris prudence. Socialism and anarchism CONTENTS
9 V. PROPAGANDA AND PRESSURE, 1870-1898 136 Resources and personnel
Programs and principles Propaganda techniques the pacifist lobby in
Washington The chang ing attitudes of public men The cam paign -
for permanent arbitration treaties The fight against militarism and
navalism VI. IMPERIALISM AND WORLD ORGANI ZATION, 1890-1907 i 66
The Spanish-American War Imperialism and anti-imperialism The
Pan-American Conferences The Hague Conferences VII. TOWARD VICTORY
1900-1914 196 Growth and expansion the endowments and foundations
the academic support ers the coming of European interna tionalists
the Inter-parliamentary Union The peace congresses, international
and national Schools and colleges The churches Business and labor
The Taft and Bryan Treaties The peace move ment in Congress VIII.
THE WORLD AT WAR, 1914-1918 228 Lay do um your Arms efforts to stop
the war The fight against Americas en trance into the war, official
and un io CONTENTS official The Socialists and the War .
Conscientious objection The crusade for a League of Nations and a
durable peace The effects of the war a. On the peace movement
itself b. On thought and - feeling IX. THE STRUGGLE RENEWED AGAIN,
1918-1936 262 The post-war growth in the peace move ment New
propaganda techniques The leading anti-war groups The left wing
attack on war A united peace front Munitions, sanctions, and neu
trality X. RETROSPECT 3 oi Factors of strength and weakness in the
American struggle against war Has the peace movement -failed The
new em phasis on economic causes of war the challenge of today
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3 u NOTES INDEX 359 PROSPECT WE in America are
today talking more earnestly than ever before about the necessity
of keeping out of the worlds next war. Almost daily we read in our
morning papers of some new effort to make our recent neutrality
legislation effective, of the cry for isolation from the seething
troubles of a des perate world...
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2007 |
First published: |
March 2007 |
Authors: |
Merle Curti
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
380 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4067-4407-1 |
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1-4067-4407-7 |
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9781406744071 |
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