The Economic Basis of an Enduring Peace (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Economic Basis of an Enduring Peace That wars have ofttimes been due to the pressure of population upon subsistence is now so generally recognized as to have become a commonplace in our historical studies. The various barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire may be cited as due to this cause, and even where the immediate invaders came from the fertile plains of southern Russia their migration is held to be the result of the pressure of less favored people upon the borders of those who held these more fertile lands. Nor is this pressure of population upon subsistence restricted to more primitive days but is clearly seen in the great struggle that now threatens to engulf our modern civilization. For is it not true that insular England, fearing to have her food supply cut off, has been forced to maintain a great navy for its protection and to insist that Germany shall limit its naval programme to the ratio of twelve to sixteen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.