The Politics of a Peace Prize

had become fruitless and unprofitable because of the growing economic interdependence of nations. This thesis, and a number of other anti-war ideas, became identified as 'Norman Angellism', which was picked up by the infant peace movement in Britain, the United States, and on the continent. The book became an overnight sensation, subject of numerous debates, rebuttals, and eventually, by 1912, the basis for the formation of a British pacifist movement. The Great Illusion was considered such a break-through that its author was mentioned as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.1

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