PART III
THE PRACTICAL OUTCOME
| [CHAPTER I] THE RELATION OF DEFENCE TO AGGRESSION | |
| Necessity for defence arises from the existence of a motive for attack—Platitudes that everyone overlooks—To attenuate the motive for aggression is to undertake a work of defence | 329-340 |
| [CHAPTER II] ARMAMENT, BUT NOT ALONE ARMAMENT | |
| Not the facts, but men's belief about facts, shapes their conduct—Solving a problem of two factors by ignoring one—The fatal outcome of such a method—The German Navy as a "luxury"—If both sides concentrate on armament alone | 341-352 |
| [CHAPTER III] IS THE POLITICAL REFORMATION POSSIBLE? | |
| Men are little disposed to listen to reason, "therefore we should not talk reason"—Are men's ideas immutable? | 353-367 |
| [CHAPTER IV] METHODS | |
| Relative failure of Hague Conferences and the cause—Public opinion the necessary motive force of national action—That opinion only stable if informed—"Friendship" between nations and its limitations—America's rôle in the coming "Political Reformation" | 368-382 |
| [Appendix] on Recent Events in Europe | 383-406 |
| [Index] | 407-416 |