War and the Marxists: Socialist Theory and Practice in Capitalist Wars, 1848-1918 1

A study of Marxist and socialist theory and its relationship to war. A history of the attempt to find a unified socialist position relating to capitalist wars. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 A Personal Preface 10 Part I Marx and Engels, and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century 14 Chapter 1 The 'Revolutionary Wars' of 1848-9 16 The Prussian-Danish War 16 Revolts against Habsburg Rule: Rising in Italy 19 Hungary's Revolutionary War 23 The 'Imminence of World War and Revolution' 25 The Future of the Slav Races 27 Chapter 2 The 'Eastern Question' and the Crimean War 32 Chapter 3 Britain's Wars against Persia and China 1856-60 39 War with Persia 1856-7 40 The 'Second Opium War' and its Aftermath 41 Chapter 4 The Indian Mutiny 45 Chapter 5 The Italian War of 1859 and its Aftermath 48 Chapter 6 Conflicts in the Western Hemisphere in the 1860s 58 The American Civil War 1861-5 58 War in Mexico 1861-7 70 Disturbances in Jamaica 1865 71 Chapter 7 Rising in Poland 1863 72 Chapter 8 The Wars of German Unification 1864-71 75 Austria and Prussia against Denmark 1864 75 Austria against Prussia 1866 78 The Franco-German War and its Aftermath 1870-1 82 Chapter 9 The 'Russian Menace' in the 1870s and the 1880s 95 Chapter 10 Colonial Conflicts and Problems 1882 103 The British Occupation of Egypt 103 Engels and Kautsky on Indian Independence 105 Part II Socialism after Marx – the Approach of Armageddon 108 Chapter 1 The Danger of European War in the 1880s and 1890s 110 Chapter 2 The Sino-Japanese War 1894-5 and its Aftermath 126 Chapter 3 Colonial Wars of the United States 1898-1901: Cuba and the Philippines 130 Chapter 4 The South African (Boer) War 1899-1902 132 Chapter 5 The Russo-Japanese War 1904-5 and the Russian Revolution of 1905 138 Chapter 6 Socialists Debate the Threat of War 1906-13 143 Hostility between the Triple Entente and the Central Powers 143 Socialist World Congresses 1907, 1910 and 1912 148 Chapter 7 Curtain-raisers to World War: The Italo-Turkish and Balkan Wars 154 Part III The First World War 168 Chapter 1 International Socialism at the Outbreak of the First World War 170 Chapter 2 Socialist Reaction to the War in 1914 178 Chapter 3 Discord over Issues of War and Peace – the Austrian Socialists 190 Chapter 4 The French Socialists and the War 194 Chapter 5 Socialist War Aims: the Alsace-Lorraine Question 197 Chapter 6 The German 'Peace Resolution'; Social Democracy Splits 203 Chapter 7 British Marxism and the War 211 Chapter 8 International Conferences before Zimmerwald 222 Chapter 9 Zimmerwald, September 1915 227 Chapter 10 Kienthal: the Second Zimmerwald Conference, April 1916 231 Chapter 11 Stockholm: the Abortive Peace Conference; the Third Zimmerwald Conference, September 1917 235 Chapter 12 American Socialism and the First World War 241 Chapter 13 Russian Defencists and Defeatists 244 Chapter 14 Revolutionary Defeatism: International and Historical Aspects 257 Conclusion 265 Notes 270 Bibliography 295 Index 298 V. 1. 1848-1918. S.f. Kissin. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. V. 1., P. 282-284.