** Preface

** Three Preliminary Observations

** Chapter 1: Introduction

**** Imperialism: A Wildfire in an Open Field

**** What Virtue, What Power?

**** The Purpose of the Nation-State

**** Scientific Knowledge and Civilized Morality

**** Angels or Devils

**** Our Most Urgent Duty

** Chapter 2: On Patriotism

*** PART 1

**** The Battle Cry of the Imperialists

**** The Warp of Patriotism, the Woof of Militarism

**** What Is Patriotism?

*** PART 2

**** Love of Country and Human Compassion

**** Nostalgia for One’s Hometown

**** Hatred for the Other

**** The Pettiness of War

**** Vanity and Love of Glory

*** PART 3

**** Patriotism in Ancient Rome

**** The Poor People of Rome

**** Why Are People So Foolish?

**** The Slaves of Ancient Greece

**** The Superstitions of Patriotism

**** The Two Feelings of Love and Hatred

**** Love of War Is an Animal Instinct

**** The Principle of the Survival of the Fittest

**** Free Competition

**** Inciting Animal Instinct

*** PART 4

**** Hatred of Western Barbarians

**** A Useful Tool for Tyrants

**** Patriotism in the Holy Period of Meiji

**** Patriotism in England

**** The Sacred Union of the People

**** The High Tide of Patriotism

**** Postwar England

**** Peterloo

**** What Hypocrisy!

*** PART 5

**** Turning to the Case of Germany

**** Bismarck

**** The Unification of Germany

**** Provoking Senseless Wars

**** Prussia

**** Feudal Ideals

**** The Franco-Prussian War

**** The Brandy of Patriotism

**** Disciples of Jujitsu and Sumo Wrestlers

**** The German Emperor

**** Modern Socialism

**** A Philosophical Nation

*** PART 6

**** The Emperor of Japan

**** The Late Count Gotō

**** The Sino-Japanese War

**** The Superiority of Bestial Force

**** Canned Food Tainted with Sand

**** The Japanese Soldier

**** “For the Sake of the Emperor”

**** Prostitution as an Expression of Filial Piety

**** The Army and the War Correspondents

**** Indifference toward the People

**** The Consequences of Patriotic Hysteria

*** PART 7

**** What Is the True Nature of Patriotism?

**** The True Reasons for Human Progress

**** The Royal Road of Progress

**** Civilization of Justice and Humanity

** Chapter 3: On Militarism

*** PART 1

**** The Trend of Militarism

**** The Reason for the Expansion of Armaments

**** Childish Games

**** General Moltke

**** The Proliferation of Little Moltkes

*** PART 2

**** Admiral Mahan

**** The Virtues of Military Conscription

**** War and Sickness

**** The Weakening of Political Authority and the Relaxation of Moral Constraints

**** Propagators of Revolutionary Thought

**** The Outbreak of Illness

**** Universal Conscription and the Frequency of War

**** The Reason Why There Are Fewer Wars

*** PART 3

**** War and the Fine Arts

**** The Fine Arts and Sciences in Europe

**** The Fine Arts in Japan

**** The Improvement of Weapons

**** Political Abilities of Military Heroes

**** Yoshitsune, Masashige, Yukimura

**** Xiang Yu and Zhuge Liang

**** Frederick the Great and Napoleon

**** Washington

**** U.S. Politicians

**** Nelson and Wellington

**** Yamagata, Kabayama, Takashima

**** Military Intelligence

*** PART 4

**** The Poisons of Militarism

**** Ancient Civilization

**** Alexander the Great

**** The Peloponnesian War

**** Looking at Rome

**** The Dreyfus Affair

**** Zola Steps Forward

**** Splendid Soldiers and a Man of Letters

**** Field Marshal Kitchener

**** The Cruelty of the Russian Army

**** The Politics of Turkey

**** Germany and the Sources of Ethical Ideals

**** The Phoenix and the Qilin

*** PART 5

**** Dueling and Warfare

**** Strategy of Mutual Deception

**** The Gradual Development of Warfare

**** “A Young Conscript Leaves His Beloved Village”

**** The Misery of Hungry Demons

**** Let’s Stop Glorifying Military Weapons

*** PART 6

**** Why Keep Provoking Wars?

**** A Resolution at the Peace Conference

**** Just One Small Step and the World Will Change

**** A Jungle of Wild Beasts and Poison Snakes

** Chapter 4: On Imperialism

*** PART 1

**** Wild Beasts in Search of Prey

**** Territorial Expansion

**** Building a Great Empire Means Theft and Plunder

**** The Rise and Fall of Military Empires

**** “Ruin Follows in the Wake of the Flag”

*** PART 2

**** Expansion of the People?

**** A Small Clique of Military Officers, Politicians, and Capitalists

**** The Conquest of the Transvaal

**** Immense Sacrifices

**** The Economic Costs

**** The Policies of Germany

**** American Imperialism

**** Conquest of the Philippines

**** What Happened to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution?

**** The Crisis of the United States

**** Why Is America Prosperous?

**** Resolution of the Democratic Party

*** PART 3

**** The Need for Emigration

**** Population Growth and Poverty

**** Causes of Increasing Poverty

**** Statistics on Emigration from England

**** Emigration and Land

**** An Erroneous Notion

*** PART 4

**** The Need for New Markets

**** The Dark Age of the Economy

**** The Overproduction of Goods

**** Today’s Economic Problems

**** The Establishment of a Socialist System

**** Only Bankruptcy and Decadence

**** An Economy of Nomadic Tribes

**** Anglo-German Trade

**** Killing One’s Best Customer

**** The Japanese Economy

**** The Utmost Foolishness

*** PART 5

**** The Unification of the British Colonies

**** Useless and Dangerous

**** Military Strength and “Little England”

**** The Reasons for England’s Prosperity

**** The Fall of the British Empire—A Question of Time

**** Kipling and Henley

**** Imperialism and the Hunter’s Way of Life

*** PART 6

**** The Present and Future of Imperialism

**** The Prosperity and Happiness of the People

**** Germany: Great Nation, Small People

**** An Ephemeral Bubble

**** Japanese Imperialism

**** The Results

** Conclusion