If the War Goes On . . . Reflections on War and Politics

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If the War Goes On . . . Reflections on War and PoliticsA collection of essays on the absurdity of war, from the Nobel Prize laureate. Herman Hesse remained clear sighted and consistent in his political views and his passionate espousal of pacifism and the bloody absurdity of war from the start of the First World War to the end of his life. He wrote the earliest essay in this book in September 1914, before he cemented his fame with the novels Steppenwolf and Siddhartha, and continued writing a stream of

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