V. I. LENIN


   SOCIALISM   
AND
WAR


FOREIGN LANGUAGES PRESS
PEKING 1970


First Edition 1966
Second Printing 1970



Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo, djr@cruzio.com (May 1997)




C O N T E N T S

Preface to the First (Foreign) Edition

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Preface to the Second Edition

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Chapter I.  The Principles of Socialism and the War of
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   The Attitude of Socialists Towards Wars
   Historical Types of Wars in Modern Times
   The Difference Between Aggressive and Defensive Wars
   The Present War Is an Imperialist War
   War Between the Biggest Slave-Owners for Preserving and Fortifying Slavery
   "War Is the Continuation of Politics by Other" (i.e., Violent) "Means"
   The Example of Belgium
   What Is Russia Fighting for?
   What Is Social-Chauvinism?
   The Basle Manifesto
   False References to Marx and Engles
   The Collapse of the Second International
   Social-Chauvinism Is Consummated Opportunism
   Unity with the Opportunists Means Alliance Between the Workers and "Their"
      National Bourgeoisie and Splitting the International Revolutionary Working Class
   "Kautskyism"
   The Marxists' Slogan of Revolutionary Social-Democracy
   The Example Shown by the Fraternization in the Trenches
   The Importance of an Underground Organization
   Concerning the Defeat of "One's Own" Government in the Imperialist War
   Pacifism and the Peace Slogan
   The Right of Nations to Self-Determination

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Chapter II.  Classes and Parties in Russia

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   The Bourgeoisie and the War
   The Working Class and the War
   The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Group in the State Duma and the War

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Chapter III.  The Restoration of the International

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   The Method of the Social-Chauvinists and of the "Centre"
   The State of Affairs Among the Opposition
   The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party and the Third International

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Chapter IV.  The History of the Split and the Present State
  Social-Democracy in Russia

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   The "Economists" and the Old Iskra (1894-1903)
   Menshevism and Bolshevism (1903-1908)
   Marxism and Liquidationism (1908-1914)
   Marxism and Social-Chauvinism (1914-1915)
   The Present State of Affairs in Russian Social-Democracy
   Our Party's Tasks

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