''Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel'' is a 1917 book by mathematician and philosopher
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He had influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic ...
. Printed in 1917 in response to the devastations of
WWI
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and th ...
in New York by
The Century Co.
The work was republished with the title ''Principles of Social Reconstruction''.
Contents
The book is composed of eight chapters.
* The Principles of Growth
* The State
* War as an Institution
* Property
* Education
* Marriage and the Population Question
* Religion and the Churches
* What We Can Do
References
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Books by Bertrand Russell
1917 non-fiction books
The Century Company books