Norman Angell and The Great Illusion
An Episode In Pre-1914 Pacifism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard Weinroth (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 551-574 |
| Publication date | 1974-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00005288 |
| OpenAlex | W2109455186 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 6 |
On 11 January 1910 Lord Esher, a permanent non-government member of the Committee of Imperial Defence and a close confidant of King Edward VII, dispatched these encouraging words to a relatively unknown journalist: ‘Your book can be as epoch making as Seeley's Expansion of England or Mahan's Sea Power. It is sent forth at the right psychological moment, and wants to be followed up.’ The recipient of the letter, a Mr Ralph Lane (better known under the pseudonym of Norman Angell), had just begun to receive recognition for his small monograph, Europe's Optical Illusion , later revised and expanded into its more celebrated version, The Great Illusion . Esher's words were prophetic. The Great Illusion ran into numerous editions: it sold over two million copies from 1910 to 1913, in 1939 over half a million, and was translated into twenty-five languages
Cognitive psychology · Epoch (astronomy · Government (linguistics · Illusion · Linguistics · Political science · Power (physics · Pseudonym · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
Homer Lea and the Peace M-kers
How Norman Angell Reveals the Significance of Marxism and Socialism in Early IR and a Debate before the “First Great Debate”1
Marx and Manchester
Modernity, boredom, and war
More Light On World War One
Patriotism, History and the Left in Twentieth-Century Britain
Images of war and savagery
The outbreak of war and the urban economy
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2020 (38) |
| Highly cited | No |