Disenchantment / [by] C. E. Montague

Bib ID:
1134266
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Author:
Montague, C. E. (Charles Edward), 1867-1928
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Description:
  • London : Mac-Gibbon & Kee, 1968
  • 163 p. ; 23 cm.
Full contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: EDITOR'S PREFACE v
  • AUTHOR'S PREFACE ix
  • PART I
  • THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  • CHAPTER I
  • The Regional Background
  • Geography and Politics in the Balkans. The Eastern Ques-
  • tion. The Brittle Nature of the Eastern Empires. The
  • Character of the Ottoman Empire. The Character of the
  • Hapsburg Empire. The Factor of Nationality. Dualism
  • and Disruption. The Economic Factor.
  • CHAPTER n
  • The Modern Factors: Nationalism and Class 27
  • From Nationality to Nationalism. The Third Estate. The
  • Fourth Estate. The Economics of Nationalism. External
  • Conflict.
  • CHAPTER II
  • Decline and Fall 46
  • The Devil's Part.
  • PART II
  • THE EFFECT OF THE WAR ON GOVERNMENT
  • CHAPTER IV
  • Characteristic Traits of War Government: Their Origin and
  • Evolution 57
  • The General Background. Extension of Executive Power.
  • Restriction of Individual Rights. Parliaments in Eclipse.
  • Civilian v. Military. The Retreat from Dictatorship. The
  • Frankenstein of Power.
  • xii EFFECT OF WAR IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
  • CHAPTER V
  • The Rise of Functional War Government: Its Springs and Its
  • Structure 80
  • The Springs of Functional War Government. The Task.
  • The New Problems. The Structure of Functional War
  • Government. The Military Method. The Functional
  • Method. A Bird's-Eye View of the Structure. The Link
  • with the Aftermath. The Snowball Growth of War Con-
  • trol. Divided Authority: Civilian and Military.
  • CHAPTER VI
  • The Working of Functional War Government 106
  • Methods of Price Control. Vagaries and Virtues of Price
  • Control. The Conditions of Successful Control.
  • CHAPTER VII
  • A Balance Sheet of Functional War Government 118
  • The New Wars of Attrition. The Effect on Civic Morals.
  • The Effects on National Allegiance. Some General Con-
  • clusions.
  • CHAPTER VIII
  • War Government in Occupied Territories 138
  • Conquest for Economic Exploitation. A Military "State So-
  • cialism." The Social and Economic Effects of the System.
  • PART III
  • THE EFFECT OF THE WAR ON ECONOMIC LIFE
  • AND PROGRESS
  • CHAPTER IX
  • Economic Destruction 155
  • The Four Stages of Economic Exhaustion. Destruction
  • through Wastage.
  • CHAPTER X
  • Economic Dislocation 169
  • Dislocation through War Needs. Dislocation through the
  • Peace Treaties. Typical Effect on Means of Communica-
  • tion.
  • CHAPTER XI
  • Economic Obstruction 184
  • Obstruction as a War Necessity. Obstruction as a Post-War
  • Policy. Effect of the Peace Treaties. The Old Nationalist
  • Feud in New Guise. The New Mercantilism.
  • CHAPTER XII
  • Economic Co-operation 206
  • Economic Co-operation for War. Plans for Economic Co-
  • operation after the War.
  • PART IV
  • EPILOGUE
  • CHAPTER XIII
  • The Old Problem and the New 225
  • Nationality and Nationalism. Democracy and Reaction.
  • Economic Co-operation and Division. The Lesson Ends.
  • APPENDICES
  • I. The Serbian Exodus 243
  • II. A. An Experiment in Nationalism: The Exchange of Minori-
  • ties 248
  • B. An Experiment in International Government: The Inter-
  • Allied Regime in Thrace 254.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918
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