An Encyclopaedia Of Pacifism by Aldous Huxley
Publication date 1937
Andy rated it it was amazing
This is a great compendium about many different aspects of war and pacifism. The philosophy and reasons for non-violent ways of resisting violence and war are thoroughly explained, while the political and social effects of armament races, modern warfare etc. find interesting treatises. Many points and ideas which Huxley raised in his essays of "Ends and Means", which I also highly recommend, are explored further. Due to the alphabetical order and index it's easy to find exactly what you are looking for, but you can or should of course read it all from A to Z - in my opinion these assistances are mainly to find these articles which you found interesting but semi-forgot.
Although now decades old this encyclopedia still holds its ground and should be a must-read besides "Ends and Means" for all politicians oder politically intersted people. Many interesting new developments and events occured since Huxley published this book, which is why there is a so called "Handbook of Non-Violence" (by Robert Seeley) which contains Huxley's work word for word - after that follows a second part by the editor Seeley covering all these new aspects of modern warfare and non-violent resistance. This edition should be a lot easier to find and cheaper than Huxley's original work (which got only a single printing, as far as I know, and is very rare). What was very important for me (sorry, I've got to stress that out again), is that Seeley didn't mix his new articles inbetween Huxley's work, but kept both separated. (less)
Although now decades old this encyclopedia still holds its ground and should be a must-read besides "Ends and Means" for all politicians oder politically intersted people. Many interesting new developments and events occured since Huxley published this book, which is why there is a so called "Handbook of Non-Violence" (by Robert Seeley) which contains Huxley's work word for word - after that follows a second part by the editor Seeley covering all these new aspects of modern warfare and non-violent resistance. This edition should be a lot easier to find and cheaper than Huxley's original work (which got only a single printing, as far as I know, and is very rare). What was very important for me (sorry, I've got to stress that out again), is that Seeley didn't mix his new articles inbetween Huxley's work, but kept both separated. (less)
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