Max Beer

“ He sees the inevitability of militarism as long as capitalism lasts. He does not demand the abolition, but the democratisation, of the armies, and the education of the German proletarian youth to self-sacrifice, to moral courage, in order to be able to withstand the pernicious effects of military life. ”

“ His book, which he modestly presents in the form of a pamphlet is in fact a history of the relation of militarism to the struggles of the modern proletariat. It is the product of considerable research and reading. The chapters dealing with history and with contemporary events which form the greatest part of the book, appear to me to be better than those dealing with theory. A more uncompromising indictment of militarism has rarely been drawn up. ”

“ He then turns to the new anti-militarist movement as expressed in the resolution of the old and new International, in the various organisations of the proletarian youth in different civilised countries, and in the books and pamphlets and papers of Socialists like Hervé, and Anarchists like Nieuwenhuis. To those who have not followed up this anti-militarist movement it will be a revelation to learn how rapidly it is spreading. ”