Exhibit D: The Politics Of War

To the Lighthouse spans a young lifetime, during which the Great War, or the first World War, comes and goes. This appendix introduces the politics of war that was omnipresent in Europe at the time, not just during the war, but before and after it as well.

To do so, we investigate the non-linear form of the 'war cloud' which darkens Europe before, during, and after the first World War.