Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Coming Democracy
The American reader of "The Coming Democracy" will note in several places, for example on page 122 and page 259, that the author of this book is thinking of Russia as an empire and an aggressive autocracy, whose political aims must be guarded against. The explanation of this is of course that the original German version of this book was published in Berne, Switzerland, just before the Russian Revolution broke out, and this fact should never be lost sight of while reading the book. The title as published was "Durch! ... Zur Demokratie."
The suddenness with which the Russian Revolution broke out in March upset a great many political theories and political prophecies, not only in Germany but in this country and in England. One can imagine if the author of "The Coming Democracy" had delayed publication for another three months with what joy he would have hailed the Russian Republic and what a lesson he would have read in the triumph of the Russian people for the people of his own land.
Another great and significant event which he did not foresee was the entry of America into the war on the side of the Allies.
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