The Glenwood post., 1914-09-19
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HeO 3s - Atoty oeeoooo -
bsiAs written to-day and fever sEih
are tie sssAess a.sas the sASssAsA,
ss6aids sf tie restricted sssses e
seisatifie professional soIdisss. Evss
the hissssy Of val. tAsassavss Ass
bess utterly neglected i. tAs es.ssal
unPopularity Of historical sssAy eass-
ed by that uaforta.ate seAsaastie in
fluesre which has made history, as
taught today, . false, unnatural sal
meaningless science. 1t 10 NEST ~,
fortunate, for in an age vAen public
ePiaies Aas 20 cORaasdias ~ iafls-
ssss spss the affaiFs sf state, it y
ssasstial that there ssosil - soeax
tAs educated a.A iaflsestial elass st
lsast seae eoaeeption Of thiass .ii-
tssy-ssossA At any rate - sAsbse
go 70 ssdsrstand vhat i going u
in tine Of vsr-ksovlsAss which can
saly Be- seSaired in tine Of peses by
reading the history Of wan Ieng pest.
fhs - tAs only way in which sseh
knowledge can be obtained and it is
Dot . difficult one-whea you have
ths right books. War 10 difficult to
carry On, but easy enough to under
stand when others are carrying it on;
for among all historical phenomena
it is the simplest. There are certain
elemental psychological forces vhica
fiad their expression in war, the m
stinct of self-preservation and the
passions which make man rise
shove it; boldness and humility, dzr
ing and timidity, patience and rash
ness. The feelings arise alternately
from weakness or strength, from su.
cess or failure. 1t is not difficult,
therefore, for an educated maa,
somewhat versed in the study of man
and his conduct, to arrive 1t a proper
conception of the cause and results Of
war, if they are intellisently pre-
sented. But wars, ~ . rule, are not
intellisestly, truthfully and nationally
presented to the general readers of
intelligence. Especially is this true Of
modern wars
The ge.ersl reader caanst easily
se.Ay ~ history q tAs FN.ss-Psus-
siaA Was u sseA way thst Ae nay
AQR1EA1A lsaasA ~ ~ ,Np 4, sslnAsy,
70 tie situations which coafrest hin
tsAan 80 wAisA - y called upss,
0ofe - less, - citizen Of demo
cratic esustry to decide. Still lsss
easy is it to study the lessons Of that
vsst, widespread AID long-ending cen
fliet-the American war of secession.
We know that in ssne way that con
flict was followed by the most amax-
ing material development the world
has ever seen-I refer to the develop.
ment of the United States within the
past generation. How many educated
men can explain how the war was
related to that development and what
the really good or evil results Of the
war nay have been.
Military history needs to be written
in . new way. Our educated classes,
- . rule, have An entirely wrong cOr-
eeptioa Of war, whether they take
the romantic view Of the subject Of
the peace propaganda.
Our military leaders have failed to
give civilians any kind Of condensed
military instruetion-and some such
basis is absolutely neeessaary if We
are to make any judgment in the mat
ter at all. 1t is . curious fact and
one of the most bizarre in the extra
ordinary, fantastic age in which We
live, that the only book Of recent
years adequately chronicling for srdi-
nary readers the tremendous hists-y
Of the wars Of the nineteenth century
1.-THE most warlike century, par excel
lence, in the history of the world) is
the work of . man whose life has
been devoted to the peace propaganda
in 1taly-Ernest Theodore Nonsa.
True, he was an officer and saw
service, an excellent training for
historian. In any case, his volumes
on "War and Peace in the Nineteenth
Century" are . nine of information
which should be carefully studied by
all who really wish to understand
thoroughly tie great movements
which, through war, have made Eu
rope what it is to-day.
Doubtless there are many valuable
stsdies upon military history recently
published by officers of high rank in
varis1s armies. But all these works
are prepared for the initiated, aad
not for us ordinary mortals, to whom
they are Of little or 20 use. 1t may
be profitable suggestion to such Of