Excerpt from The War and Its Economic Aspects And though I am convinced that the German Govern ment and the German nation supporting it are pro foundly in the wrong; though I am sure that it made a fatally unwise decision in determining, at all risks, to back up - nay, to prompt -austria though I feel that it has quite misunderstood both the purposes 'and the temper of England; though I have not the slightest doubt that it is the bounden duty of every Englishman to do all that in him lies to bring about Germany's complete defeat I am not going now to deny to Ger many the qualities which first called forth my respect, and I am not going, if I can help it, to pay any German the poor compliment of returning his hatred. Hatred, indeed, blinds the eyes; and England wants to he as clear-sighted as possible to bring this war to a speedy and successful conclusion. 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.

Excerpt from The League of Nations: Its Economic Aspect League of Nations is so strong that it hardly needs to be stated. The question that now confronts mankind is literally this: Are its best energies and efforts to be devoted henceforward to production or destruction 2' If there is a League of Nations the answer will be Production. If not, Destruction. If the answer is Production, then all that we need for a healthy; comfortable, and, in the best sense of the word, civilized life will, or can, be turned out for us in abundance. If the answer is Destruction, then we shall have to be stinted in the supply of all that makes life good and pleasant and wholesome, in order that we may compete in the race for the greatest output of death-dealing -weapons and the greatest efficiency in their use. 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.

Excerpt from The Economic Foundations of Peace: Or World-Partnership as the Truer Basis of the League of Nations Of the making of books on the League of Nations there is no end, and I would not have added another but that the standpoint is different It is also decided, and steady thought, long acquaintance with the working of politics, and a life-long study of the better as well as the worse kind of German feeling have satisfied me that the standpoint is true. 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.

John Maynard Keynes, then a rising young economist, participated in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as chief representative of the British Treasury and advisor to Prime Minister David Lloyd George. He resigned after desperately trying and failing to reduce the huge demands for reparations being made on Germany. The Economic Consequences of the Peace is Keynes' brilliant and prophetic analysis of the effects that the peace treaty would have both on Germany and, even more fatefully, the world.