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H. G. Wells. War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War
War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War
Table of Contents
THE PASSING OF THE EFFIGY
THE WAR IN ITALY (AUGUST, 1916)
I. THE ISONZO FRONT
II. THE MOUNTAIN WAR
III. BEHIND THE FRONT
THE WESTERN WAR (SEPTEMBER, 1916)
I. RUINS
II. THE GRADES OF WAR
III. THE WAR LANDSCAPE
IV. NEW ARMS FOR OLD ONES
V. TANKS
HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE WAR
I. DO THEY REALLY THINK AT ALL?
II. THE YIELDING PACIFIST AND THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
III. THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL
IV. THE RIDDLE OF THE BRITISH
V. THE SOCIAL CHANGES IN PROGRESS
VI. THE ENDING OF THE WAR
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H. G. Wells
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Neither he nor his two colleagues spoke of the Germans with either hostility or humanity. Germany for them is manifestly merely an objectionable Thing. It is not a nation, not a people, but a nuisance. One has to build up this great counter-thrust bigger and stronger until they go back. The war must end in Germany. The French generals have no such delusions about German science or foresight or capacity as dominates the smart dinner chatter of England. One knows so well that detestable type of English folly, and its voice of despair: “They plan everything. They foresee everything.” This paralysing Germanophobia is not common among the French. The war, the French generals said, might take—well, it certainly looked like taking longer than the winter. Next summer perhaps. Probably, if nothing unforeseen occurred, before a full year has passed the job might be done. Were any surprises in store? They didn't seem to think it was probable that the Germans had any surprises in store. … The Germans are not an inventive people; they are merely a thorough people. One never knew for certain.
Is any greater contrast possible than between so implacable, patient, reasonable—and above all things capable—a being as General Joffre and the rhetorician of Potsdam, with his talk of German Might, of Hammer Blows and Hacking Through? Can there be any doubt of the ultimate issue between them?
