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When the World Outlawed War Paperback – October 19, 2011

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This is a masterful account of how people in the United States and around the world worked to abolish war as a legitimate act of state policy and won in 1928, outlawing war with a treaty that is still on the books. Swanson's account of the successful work of those who came before us to insist that war be outlawed points us toward new ways of thinking about both war and political activism.

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Publisher : David Swanson (October 19, 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 174 pages
ISBN-10 : 0983083096
ISBN-13 : 978-0983083092
Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5 x 0.37 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,963,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,981 in War & Peace (Books)
- #85,064 in Military History (Books)
- #105,414 in World History (Books)

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Janemb35

An Evanescent Dream Come True.

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2013

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Imagine this: you are living in the 1920s. World War I, the 'war to end all wars' is over. It is time to make peace, a lasting peace. However, due to the insistence of some members of the winning side, punishment of the losing side, Germany, is inflicted. But there still is this Kellogg-Briand pact that outlaws war. Unfortunately, it proves to be a very nice idea,that is impossible to enforce, especially with Mussolini and Hitler lurking nearby.

An extraordinary quotation is adapted from Socrates, and is too long to present here. The key word in the selection is stigmatize, a moral objection to the status of war under law. There is also in the last chapter a series of ideas, listed under the rubric of Multiple Strategies. It is worth considering and worth putting into force.

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William P. Warnock

Great!

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2017

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Great read. Very informative.

I enjoy Swanson's writing and his other works. Enjoy may not be the proper word, as what he writes is not very enjoyable. But I do like his writing style, and appreciate his research and perspectives.

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Pace Amani

Should be mandatory reading in our schools.

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2011

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This book gives a whole new perception to our use of military force as a tool of diplomacy. Swanson lays out a case, both legal and historical, showing that the current US law concerning WAR is that it is illegal and those who perpetrate it need to be prosecuted. Easy, interesting and enjoyable read that gives peace a very important place in our recent history.

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Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2017

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David Hartsough

Fantastic BOOK!

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2013

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Fantastic Book. LEts build a powerful movement again to force our governments to end all war for ever!!!! The WOrld Has suffered from war long enough.

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Fay E. Slater

When the World Outlawed War

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2012

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Great book, giving excellent background to little known information. David Swanson is an outstanding writer, keeps your interest during the entire book. I would highly recommend the reading for anyone who thinks war is a game played by adult men, to the detriment of society.

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nelda jones

When the World Outlawed War

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2013

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Very well writtin. Very shocking. It is necessary information that we all need to know so the world will go one some day in a different direction.

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David Kinchen

Kellogg-Briand Treaty Outlawed War -- 83 Years Ago

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2011

Wouldn't it be great if war was a crime? If it could be prosecuted like murder, rape, child abuse and other crimes against humanity?

Actually, 83 years ago the U.S. signed a treaty that did that, writes David Swanson in "When the World Outlawed War" (David Swanson self-published paperback, no index, 174 pages, ordered from 100Fires, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powells, other sellers, or your local independent bookstore, which can order it through Ingram., $15.00 -- bulk discounts available).

Swanson, a peace advocate who has been arrested for his beliefs, says in his very readable book that when he asks students if they've ever heard of the Kellogg-Briand Treaty of 1928, ratified by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 27, 1928, he rarely sees a hand raised. Named for U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg (1856-1937) and French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, the treaty is still in force, the law of the land, according to the State Department.

It's been honored or dishonored more in the breach than in the observance, unfortunately for the tens of millions of people who've been murdered in wars since it was passed.

Swanson's account of the "Outlawry" peace movement in the wake of the meaningless slaughter of the First World War -- called the World War or Great War at the time of the treaty's passage -- is vital as endless wars bedevil the human species.

I get a chuckle when I loudly proclaim to all and sundry that my beautiful shelter cat Greta belongs to a higher species than humans, but quite a few people agree with me when I ask them to point to ONE WAR that cats -- or dogs or horses -- started.

Erik Larson writes in his masterful new book "In the Garden of Beasts" that Nazi Germany had strict laws against abusing horses and dogs -- the happiest creatures in the Third Reich -- but ended up slaughtering or causing to be slaughtered 60 million people in the second "Great War" because there was no law against killing people in the guise of war.

In fact, as Swanson points out, the Nuremburg War Crimes tribunals that followed the war -- as well as similar trials against Japanese militarists -- had their legal roots in the Kellogg-Briand Treaty, also known as the Pact of Paris, where it was signed. Japan and Germany -- the Weimar Republic democratic version -- were among the many nations that signed it.

Swanson proposes adopting Aug. 27 -- the day that the treaty was signed -- as a national holiday of peace. We already have enough holidays recognizing war.

The Kellogg-Briand Pact -- in keeping with the tenets of the Outlawry movement -- renounced war -- all war --prohibiting the use of war as "an instrument of national policy". Unfortunately, It made no provisions for sanctions, as if sanctions would have deterred the invasion of Manchuria by Japan a few years later or the Italian invasion of Ethiopia a few years after that or Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939 -- along with its then ally, the USSR -- of the same country.

The pact was the result of a determined American effort to avoid involvement in the European alliance system. It was registered inLeague of Nations Treaty Series on September 4, 1928. Yes, the same League of Nations that the U.S. decided, against the wishes of President Woodrow Wilson, not to join.

Not that Swanson is a big fan of Wilson, who campaigned for re-election in 1916 on the slogan "He Kept Us Out of War." A month after he was inaugurated, in April 1917, the U.S. was in the war against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. In his 2010 book, "War Is a Lie," Swanson details the lies of Wilson and -- a few decades later, FDR, who served Wilson as assistant secretary of the Navy -- to get us involved in, respectively, World War I and the Second World War.

In its original form, the Kellogg-Briand pact was a renunciation of war between only France and the United States. Kellogg wanted to retain American freedom of action; he thus responded with a proposal for a multilateral pact against war open for all nations to become signatories.

The U.S. Senate approved the treaty overwhelmingly, 85-1, with only Wisconsin Republican John J. Blaine voting against. While the Senate did not add any reservation to the treaty, it did pass a measure "interpreting" the treaty which included the statement that the treaty must not infringe upon America's right of self defense and that the United States was not obliged to enforce the treaty by taking action against those who violated it.

The Kellogg-Briand pact was signed by the representatives from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, India, the Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was proclaimed to go into effect on July 24, 1929. By that date, the following nations had deposited instruments of definitive adherence to the pact: Afghanistan, Albania,Austria, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Romania, the Soviet Union, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Siam, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. Eight further states joined after that date: Persia, Greece, Honduras, Chile, Luxembourg, Danzig, Costa Rica and Venezuela.

In his book, Swanson asks the question: what's the present name of Persia. Everybody out there knows that's it's Iran, which was involved in a bloody war in the 1980s with Iraq, don't they?

Although it was conducted outside of the League of Nations, the Kellogg-Briand pact was recognized as a treaty by that body. Its "outlawry" of war confirmed and broadened by the United Nations Charter, which states in article 2, paragraph 4, that

"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations."

I found the book eye-opening and enlightening. As a history nut, I had heard of the treaty, but I had pretty much dismissed it as irrelevant. It isn't...it's the law of the land. Too bad we -- and virtually every country in the world -- have forgotten the lessons of the "Outlawry" peace movement propelled by people like S.O. Levinson, Nicholas Murray Butler, John Dewey, Carrie Chapman Catt, and others -- and of course Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota.

Editor's Note: Swanson will sign his book at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Random Row Books, 315 West Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902.

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Bob Saget

great read

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I understand the quest, but it is futile. It is a matter of power structures and nothing else than a world government could ever achieve to empower the Kellogg-Briand Treaty. Even though, effectively, it is the "Law of the Land" in the US, no judge will admit in court a case on the basis of this old piece of legislation. A legal scholar once told me: "The kellogg Briand Pact was far too idealistic in terms of the present system." States will always claim a right to defensive wars, unless the state itself is dispensed with and a new global entity is formed. I am not the one to state what great calamity this would unleash on the human race.

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