They That Take the Sword 1931 Esme Wingfield-Stratford ~Study of the Problem of War & Militarism throughout history

Title: They That Take the Sword

Author: Esme Wingfield-Stratford

Description: A scarce jacketed copy of Wingfield-Stratford's comprehensive study on the problem of war and its deleterious effect upon civilization, examining and reflecting up the examples of history, from the ancient world up through the twentieth century nightmare of the First World War.

First Edition. Black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine and a silver sword on the front cover. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some edge chipping(mostly at top of spine and top edge of rear panel) with a bit of general edge-wear; not price clipped ($4.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. xiv, 424.

Contents:
I. War and Civilization
II. Conflict and Love
III. The Cave Man Fallacy
IV. The Duel
V. The Blood Feud
VI. Why Fight?
VII. How War Infected Civilization
VIII. The Quintessence of Militarism
IX. Sinews of War
X. Strains and Stresses
XI. The Destructiveness of War
XII. The Military Professional
XIII. The Soul of the Soldier
XIV. The Mind of the Soldier
XV. Conquering Heroes
XVI. The Escape from War
XVII. The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Heaven
XVIII. International Anarchy and the Kingdom of Light
XIX. The Nineteenth Century
XX. The Military Revolution
XXI. The Tragedy of Errors
XXII. Ordeal by Exhaustion
XIII. Post-War
XXIV. The Suicide of Civilization
XXV. The Hope for Civilization
Index


Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher:
Place: New York
Year: 1931

Keywords: peace studies, war, militarism, armed conflict, war guilt, causes of war, World War I, post-war reconstruction,