Psychology of the Great War

The outbreak of World War I saw the collapse of socialist notions of class solidarity and reaffirmed the enduring strength of nationalism

Autorentext

Gustav Le Bon

Inhalt
I: Psychological Principles Necessary for The Interpretation of The Present Work; Introduction: Psychological Study of The War; I: The Affective, Collective, and Mystic Forces, and The Part They Play in The Life of Nations; II: The Variations of Personality; II: Germany's Evolution in Modern Times; I: The Rise and Development of German Power; II: The State According to The Conceptions of The German Philosophers. Their Interpretation of History; III: The Economic Evolution of Germany; IV: The Modern German Mentality; III: The Remote Causes of The War; I: The Economic and Political Causes of The War; II: Race-Hatreds; III: Germany's Aggressive AttitudeThe Idea of Revanche; IV: The Part Played by Mystic Influences in The Genesis of The War. The Hegemony Ideal; IV: The Immediate Causes of The War; I: The Austrian Ultimatum and The Week of Diplomatic Conversations; II: England's Original Antipathy to The War; III: Development of Feeling in England; IV: The Respective Parts Played by Germany, Austria, Russia, and France While The Diplomatic Conversations Were Proceeding; V: Influence of Popular Feeling Upon The Genesis of The War; VI: Part Played by The Wills of The Three Emperors; VII: Conclusion. Who Wanted The War?; VIII: Opinions Expressed in Germany and Various Other Countries as to The Causes of The War; V: Psychological Forces Involved in Battles; I: Changes in Methods of Warfare; II: Feelings Aroused by The War. Emergence of New Personalities; III: Military Courage: Its Genesis and Its Forms; IV: Consequences Due to Lack of Foresight and To Psychological Errors in The Genesis of Armed Encounters; V: Strategical Errors Resulting from Psychological Errors; VI: Psychological Elements in German Methods of Warfare; I: The Psychological Bases of The German Methods of Warfare; II: Application of The Principles Laid Down by The German General Staff. Incendiarism, Slaughter, and Pillage; III: Effects of German Methods of Warfare Upon Neutral Feeling; VII: Unknown Quantities in Warfare; I: Immediate Consequences of Modern Wars; II: Dubiousness in Accounts of Battles; III: Hypotheses Concerning The Battle of The Marne; IV: Peace Problems; Conclusion