War: Organized Destruction and Mass Murder by Civilized Nations

by Scott Nearing

From the dust jacket- "Peace, Dr. Nearing explains, is merely a breathing spell between wars, and as soon as peace is established the ruling classes of the various nations begin to prepare for the next war. Just as a business organization attempts to expand and to capture new territory, so a nation attempts to enlarge its domain and to extend its economic sway.".

310 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1931

About the author

Scott Nearing (1883-1983) was an American conservationist, peace activist, educator and writer. Born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Nearing is still viewed as a radical 20 years after his death. In 1954 he co-authored Living the Good Life: How to Live Simply and Sanely in a Troubled World with his wife Helen. The book, in which war, famine and poverty were discussed, described a nineteen-year "back to the land experiment" and also advocated a modern day "homesteading." Nearing's anti-war activities cost him two teaching jobs, and he was even charged under the Espionage Act for opposing the First World War.