{"product_id":"9781786894458-if-the-war-goes-on","title":"If the War Goes On . . .","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections on War and Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays on the absurdity of war, from the Nobel Prize laureate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerman 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 \u003ci\u003eSteppenwolf\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e, and continued writing a stream of letters, essays and pamphlets throughout the war. In his native Germany his views earned him the labels 'traitor' and 'viper', but after World War II he was moved to reiterate his beliefs in another series of essays and letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf the War Goes On . \u003c\/i\u003e resonates as strongly today as it did when originally published and begs the question: have our politicians learnt nothing in the last seventy years?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30323150684257,"sku":"9781786894458","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36299610_fe655a2b-5eea-4a51-89f0-f559b7e8fd94.jpg?v=1759384534","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781786894458-if-the-war-goes-on","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}