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Kallen, Horace Meyer

 
9781330822111: The Structure of Lasting Peace (Classic Reprint): An Inquiry Into the Motives of War and Peace: An Inquiry Into the Motives of War and Peace (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

How do nations move from rivalry to lasting peace? This book argues that true peace rests on democratic cooperation, enforceable rights for minorities, and a global approach to education and governance. It offers a clear vision for a political order where nations unite to protect life, liberty, and opportunity for all people.


Through historical insight and a practical framework, the work explains how geographical and economic realities shape national boundaries, and why a trans‑national authority is needed to safeguard minority rights and enforce fair agreements. It outlines the conditions for a democratic commonwealth of nationalities and how education can reduce bias and conflict in the long run.



  • Foundations for a peaceful international order based on democracy and shared law

  • Ways to safeguard minority rights within larger political structures

  • The role of education and international oversight in preventing war

  • How economic and cultural interdependence can stabilize peace over time


Ideal for readers interested in history, politics, and the search for a practical path to global harmony.

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Reseña del editor

Excerpt from The Structure of Lasting Peace: An Inquiry Into the Motives of War and Peace

This aim has its sympathizers among large and very influential classes amid the democratic powers. It has its protago nists in the governments of those powers.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Structure of Lasting Peace: An Inquiry Into the Motives of War and Peace

To my dear friend, Mr. George Bernard Donlin, editor of the Dial, of Chicago, this little essay owes its inception and completion. Early in the fall of 1917 he urged me to set down for the Dial these opinions of a pragmatist on the meaning of the state, its bearing on the nature and hopes of man, and on the possible future of international relations. I have done so, as well as I knew how, amid the stress and confusion of many other enterprises, each with an insistent claim on my attention. What here appears is reprinted substantially as was given to the public in the columns of the Dial. There is much that I should have liked, had circumstances been favorable, to have formulated otherwise, much that needs elaboration and expansion, not a little that since the essay was completed has been invalidated by events.

Its main thesis, however, stands, confirmed and strengthened.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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