Word: militarist
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...assumed that even the most militant among us, not excepting General Edwards, devotedly desires peace for his country. The only question upon which pacifist and militarist reasonably may differ is as to what is most likely to maintain peace, or, conversely least likely to increase the hazard...
...other hand the great war breeders of history have been the nations who (I use the words of the militarists) prepared for peace by preparing against war. Tiny Switzerland is not a convincing analogy. Germany is the conspicuous recent example, but there are plenty of others. Japan, for instance, lived many centuries in external peace, but, since acquiring the "protection" of a modern army and a militarist frame of mind, has engaged in three foreign wars since 1894. Men die and a nation suffers in a war of aggression, even a winning war, just as surely...
...literally heads of warring factions. The estimated number of armed men is roughly 1,000,000, who are scattered over the vast face of China and among an estimated population of 320,650,000. General Wu, believed by many to be the real hope of China, is a militarist, but his aim is to destroy militarism. This aim is shared by the President, Li Yuan-Hung, but obscure forces make it impossible for Wu and the President to join together against the other Tuchuns. In the South, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen is ostensibly trying to lead a movement to effect...
Pershing's statement is not idle sabrerattling, calculated to stir up the alarmists, and is not in the least catering to a militarist party. He asks merely for permanency and continuity in the army policy in order to make possible high standards of morale and efficiency, and he wants to prevent further reduction in numbers, because the present force is barely large enough. As it is planned, the overhead organization effective at present is not wholly for the administration of the regular army, but is planned as the fundamental frame-work of the regulars, the reserves, and the potentials,--these...
...There are two elements in the country today--the militarist and the pacifist. The militarist says 'If we don't prepare to put ourselves on out guard we will have war'. The pacifist asserts that we will get what we prepare for, and there is a certain amount of truth on both sides. The best way to straighten the matter out, perhaps, is to analyze the different types of force, since force must be taken into consideration. They are three in number. Force used for attack, which is aggression; force used to ward off-attack, which is defence; and police...