1st Edition
Psychology of the Great War The First World War and Its Origins
Edited By Gustave Le Bon
Copyright 1999
516 Pages
by
Routledge
516 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
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The outbreak of World War I saw the collapse of socialist notions of class solidarity and reaffirmed the enduring strength of nationalism. The workers of the world did not unite, but turned on one another and slaughtered their fellows in what was then the bloodiest war in history. There have been many efforts to explain the outbreak of war in 1914, but few from so intimate a perspective as... Read more
I: Psychological Principles Necessary for The Interpretation of The Present Work; Introduction: Psychological Study of The War; I: The Affective, Collective, and Mystic Forces, and The Part They Play in The Life of Nations; II: The Variations of Personality; II: Germany’s Evolution in Modern Times; I: The Rise and Development of German Power; II: The State According to The Conceptions of The German Philosophers. Their Interpretation of History; III: The Economic Evolution of Germany; IV: The Modern German Mentality; III: The Remote Causes of The War; I: The Economic and Political Causes of The War; II: Race-Hatreds; III: Germany’s Aggressive Attitude—The Idea of Revanche; IV: The Part Played by Mystic Influences in The Genesis of The War. The Hegemony Ideal; IV: The Immediate Causes of The War; I: The Austrian Ultimatum and The Week of Diplomatic Conversations; II: England’s Original Antipathy to The War; III: Development of Feeling in England; IV: The Respective Parts Played by Germany, Austria, Russia, and France While The Diplomatic Conversations Were Proceeding; V: Influence of Popular Feeling Upon The Genesis of The War; VI: Part Played by The Wills of The Three Emperors; VII: Conclusion. Who Wanted The War?; VIII: Opinions Expressed in Germany and Various Other Countries as to The Causes of The War; V: Psychological Forces Involved in Battles; I: Changes in Methods of Warfare; II: Feelings Aroused by The War. Emergence of New Personalities; III: Military Courage: Its Genesis and Its Forms; IV: Consequences Due to Lack of Foresight and To Psychological Errors in The Genesis of Armed Encounters; V: Strategical Errors Resulting from Psychological Errors; VI: Psychological Elements in German Methods of Warfare; I: The Psychological Bases of The German Methods of Warfare; II: Application of The Principles Laid Down by The German General Staff. Incendiarism, Slaughter, and Pillage; III: Effects of German Methods of Warfare Upon Neutral Feeling; VII: Unknown Quantities in Warfare; I: Immediate Consequences of Modern Wars; II: Dubiousness in Accounts of Battles; III: Hypotheses Concerning The Battle of The Marne; IV: Peace Problems; Conclusion
Biography
Gustav Le Bon
