The books we never read

The Great Illusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"In this book [published in 1910], [Norman] Angell argued that war between industrial countries was futile because conquest did not pay.…"

Then, of course, four years later, World War I.

"A new edition of The Great Illusion was published in 1933…"

Then six years later, World War II.

Oh, and of course…

"Angell was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933."

Angell agued he never said war wouldn’t happen, just that it wouldn’t be profitable. But we seem to have found our way around that trifling objection. 

Or some of us have.