1. Jean de Bloch MAJ Brice Roberts 03 AUG 2015

2. Jean de Bloch Born in Poland in 1836 Studied economics in Berlin Amassed a fortune as a banker Converted from Judaism to Calvinism Financed Russian railroads Increasingly studied industrial warfare Varied influences

8. Theory War as a means of settling international disputes is a thing of the past on technical grounds alone. But even if it were possible, social and economic considerations will collapse Europe through the devastation of total war. “Changed Conditions of Warfare Theory” Mass conscription results in social breakdown Total industrial mobilization International arbitration

9. Contributions Value of international political and legal systems to arbitrate disputes Interrelationships between social, economic and military issues Importance of industrial warfare in the 20th century

10. Bibliography Clausewitz, Carl von. On War. Edited and translated by Peter Paret and Michael Howard. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976. Dawson, Grant. “A Great Moral Evil: Jean de Bloch’s The Future of War as Anti-Revolutionary Pacifism.” Journal of Contemporary History 37, no. 1 (January 2002): 5-19. Rosengarten, Adolph. “John Bloch-A Neglected Prophet.” Military Review 37, no. 1 (April 1957): 27-39. Waltz, Kenneth. Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1959.