Patriots in the Making: What America Can Learn from France and Germany (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

France and Germany between the school and the national consciousness. In both these countries education has long been used as a political instrument. Prussia perceived its possibilities after the battle of Jena; France realized its value afterS edan. Both nations have employed the school to mold the mind of rising generations to a preconceived type of patriotism. The significance of the psychology thus formed is revealing itself in the present war. The experience of these countries ought not to be disregarded by the United States. After her crushing defeat in the Franco-G erman War, France saw clearly the danger of a blind, boastful patriotism founded on ignorance of national conditions. This sort of patriotism led to over-confidence, unreadiness, chauvinism and disaster. Hence France founded the preparedness movement, which she undertook after the war, on an intelligent, critical patriotism, carefully developed through education. Only thus did it seem possible to make adequate preparedness permanent. The lesson of this should not be lost on A mericans.
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