The Great Illusion · Character
Spenser Wilkinson
Military historian and professor, whose views on national defense are discussed.
minor
Also known as Professor Wilkinson, Professor Spenser Wilkinson
First appearance: the great illusion
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Quoted at length for his argument that the State's fundamental function is the employment of force, which the author critiques as relying on the false analogy of the State as a…
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- Professional
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- Other
Character groups
- Naval Power Advocates
- Protagonist
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Frederic Harrison
professional · ambivalent
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- Norman Angell
rivalry · negative
- General Bernhardi
professional · ambivalent
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