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Organized Education Series

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Fourth and entirely new Edition of the Handbook
of the War for Readers, Speakers, and Teachers
255th Thousand

Free to Members of the League on application,
while the present issue lasts

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The future of the Republic depends upon
the character of its citizenship. We are not
building permanently unless the youth of
the land are made fully acquainted with the
meaning of American citizenship. We must
give patriotism a vitality which will find ex-
pression in service. We cannot make de-
mocracy safe for the world by writing
treaties. The spirit of democracy must be
in the minds of the people, and this means
that they must understand the basic prin-
ciples of democratic government. For this
reason I hope that the National Security
League will not cease its work with the end
of the war. It is engaged upon a great con-
structive effort which proposes
a solid
foundation of practical knowledge, and its
duty toward generations yet unborn de-
mands that its well-laid, definite and essen-
tial plans shall be carried forward year by
year.

THOMAS R. MARSHALL
The Vice-President's Chambers,

Washington,

December 8, 1917.

Copyright, 1919

BY

ARTHUR L. FROTHINGHAM

The material in this handbook may be used for patriotic purposes if credit is given to this handbook.

From the Estart of

President Harry B. HPRE

3-10-30

PREFACE

The National Security League, on August 30th, 1917, issued a Handbook of the War by Professor Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard University and Professor Arthur O. Lovejoy of John Hopkins University. In the introduction it was there stated: "This little book is designed primarily to be of service to those who take part in the campaign of patriotic education initiated by The National Security League. It seeks to set down in brief outline the essentials of that great argument which it will be the work of the participants in the campaign to develop, to enrich with their personal contributions, and to bring home to the mind and conscience of the citizens of the Republic." Over a hundred and fifty thousand copies of that "Handbook" were printed and distributed in three editions.

During the Summer of 1918, Prof. C. C. Pearson of Wake Forrest College, made a careful revision of that text, incorporating more recent facts and material. This material was then put in the hands of Prof. A. L. Frothingham, formerly of Princeton University, for reconstruction and completion. The result has been an entirely new work, following somewhat in its arrangement the plan of the original Handbook.

The reconstruction gradually grew in its scope. The old Handbook had opened with America's entrance into the war. Since then it had become increasingly important that Americans should know: (1) What were the political conditions and alliances in the old world before the war; (2) Why and how Germany brought on the war; (3) How Germany conducted the war before we entered it; and (4) The main events of the war, so that we can estimate it correctly. This meant three entirely new chapters at the beginning. While they were in course of preparation, the Armistice came and this again made it necessary to rewrite, entirely and on a new plan, the chapter on the Diplomatic Problems of Peace, and new final chapters on the Problems our citizens must face during the next few years. These Problems of Peace and the History of the War cannot be separated.

mittee on Organized Education of the National Security
League consists of

Thomas W. Churchill

Arthur L. Frothingham
R. M. McElroy

Henry D. Thompson

C. H. Van Tyne

Talcott Williams

The arrangement of the material should be noted.
Ordinarily each chapter begins with a "General State-
ment" in narrative form; this followed by a citation of
"Illustrative Extracts" with authorities and events. It is
hoped that this will stimulate careful thought and free
judgment, and an understanding of the causes, issues,
and results of the war; and that it will help teachers,
readers, and speakers to pass on this understanding to
others and thus help in the great work of making and
keeping intelligent citizens. The Table of Contents
gives an analysis of the subject matter, and the Index at
the end will be of use to many readers.

HENRY D. THOMPSON,
Educational Secretary.

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