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Francis Neilson (1867-1961) was a member of the British Parliament, one of the last truly educated British aristocrats, a colleague and friend of Albert Jay Nock's, and an amazing historian and stylist. He is also the author of this historic book, the first truly revisionist account of the origins of World War I to appear in English. It was published only six weeks after he resigned from Parliament. It blasted onto the scene in 1915, at a time when such talk would soon be against the law in the United States (yes, people went to jail for opposing the war). Neilson's thesis was that Germany didn't bear some unique guilt for the war; there was plenty of blame to go around, but ultimately its rests with the arms buildup and secret diplomacy of Britain. His reconstruction of the history of 19th-century diplomacy provides incredible detail to fill out this thesis, even as he never loses sight of the big picture. The book was, in fact, edited by Nock himself, though he listed himself in the first edition as anonymous. The __New York Times__ wrote, "The volume is written with much facility of expression and a large fund of materials. In diplomatic matters it attacks the faults of the ruli

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Author

Francis Neilson

Publisher

B.W. Huebsch

Published

1915

Language

EN

ISBN

9781610161008

Category

nonfiction