The barbarism of Berlin
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The barbarism of Berlin
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G.K. Chesterton's "The Barbarism of Berlin" is a lengthy essay (442 kindle "locations") defending the decision by the U.K. to join World War I and fight the Central Powers, Germany in particular.
It is a testament to Chesterton's powerful skills as a writer that I found myself agreeing with him so much because I've typic...
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The review from Amazon.com reviewer
G.K. Chesterton's "The Barbarism of Berlin" is a lengthy essay (442 kindle "locations") defending the decision by the U.K. to join World War I and fight the Central Powers, Germany in particular.
It is a testament to Chesterton's powerful skills as a writer that I found myself agreeing with him so much because I've typically found World War I to have been one of the most extraordinary wastes of lives in the long history of a world that regularly wastes lives.
Chesterton makes a compelling argument that Germany's outlook on the world is different than France's and England's and that these competing worldviews are bound to confront. Eventually, one will win out - thus the war. Or, as he buts it, Germany has "the perfectly serious aim of destroying certain ideas, which, as they think, the world has outgrown; without which, as we think, the world will die." (location 118)
The essay is a bit dated by anachronstic racial terms and stereotypes, acceptable then but not now but a knowledgeable reader understands that the world is a different place now. Worthy of your time if you are a history buff, especially a student of "The War to End All Wars."
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Publisher | AMA Publication |
Binding | Kindle Edition (31 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized
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# of Pages | 64 |
ISBN-10 | B007BR6HQG |
Publication Date | 02/20/2012 |
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