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The Myth of a Guilty Nation

Albert Jay Nock

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In examining the evidence let us first take Mr. Lloyd George's own statement of the theory. Except in one particular, it presents the case against Germany quite as it has been rehearsed by nearly every institutional voice in the United States. On 4 August, 1917—after America's entry into the war—the British Premier said:

What are we fighting for? To defeat the most dangerous conspiracy ever plotted against the liberty of nations; carefully, skilfully, insidiously, clandestinely planned in every detail, with ruthless, cynical determination.

Except for one point, this statement sums up what we have all heard to be the essential doctrine of the war. The one missing point in Mr. Lloyd George's indictment is that the great German conspiracy was launched upon an unprepared Europe. In Europe itself, the official propagandists did not make much of this particular point, for far too many people knew bet. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Destroys the idea that Germany was solely responsible for WWI... Which destroys the credibility of the Versailles treaty... Which lead to WWII.

For the first time in my life, the cause of WWI makes sense to me. Prior to this, all I'd ever been taught was that the war was caused by the assassination an Austrian Archduke,some murky treaties and a generally hostile Germany. I remember thinking at the time that this was a little naive, but my h

Not really a book, more of a short pamphlet. I am not sure if I agree with everything being told here but for the case he is presenting Nock seems right on.

Very clear, very convincing, Russia/France/England were itchy for war as made evident by their spending on defense prior to the war. This means

An intense and brutally honest rebuke of Entente propaganda. Nock argues conclusively that Germany should never have been forced to bear the "sole guilt" clause in the treaties ending the Great War.

In this examination of the diplomatic and military activities of England, France, Germany and Russia in the years leading up to WWI, Nock attacked the central premise of the highly punitive Treaty of Versailles (that Germany was solely responsible for the war), and made some pretty accurate predicti

The myth of a Guilty Nations examines the causes of the First World War and more importantly, debunking the myth that Germany was the aggressor. Conclusion everyone was at fault here and the bloodshed could have been prevented.