[Juenger-list] Global civil war

[mvk575b@tninet.se (Bertil Haggman)]

Dear listmembers,

Being unvoluntarily cut off from the list for some
months I just want to show that I am back
again. Have always found the term "Weltbuerger-
krieg" of interest and for a few years have had several=20
versions of a short study on the matter prepared.

Underneath is the first section of one of the versions.
Martin Meyer in his Juenger biography 1990 claimed
that it was Carl Schmitt that had created the term:

"Der Begriff vom Weltbuergerkrieg ist vom Carl Schmitt
uebernommen, der ihn seit der dreissiger Jahren
zuerst untergruendig, dann offener  mit seiner These
vom Ende des klassischen europ=E4ische V=F6lkerrechts verband."

I have excluded the notes here but would be grateful for
any views on the excerpt underneath.

Bertil H=E4ggman


GLOBAL CIVIL WAR =96 A TERMINOLOGICAL AND=20
GEOPOLITICAL STUDY by Bertil H=E4ggman

                           I

The term "global civil war" (Weltbuergerkrieg) is of German=20
origin. There is some doubt about who first used it. Ernst=20
J=FCnger 1) already during the Second World War was a=20
strong believer in a global state ("Weltstaat").=20
It was questionable, so J=FCnger, if the national state in=20
the 20th century had a future. The era of empires assisted=20
Germany and all other national states had lost the war.

The hope of the future was a United Europe built on a=20
German-French union. Such a European state=20
would be in the position to act as a third force between=20
the superpowers, the United States and the=20
Soviet Union. The collapse of the Soviet Union raised=20
the question (and it remained at least from 1991 to 2001).
if the world was going into a phase of tripolar or quadripolar=20
division (the United States, Europe, Japan and/or=20
Russia, possibly China).=20

For J=FCnger the belief in a United Europe seemingly=20
was replaced by that of a global state. In=20
such a state the armies of the world would become=20
interstate police forces:

"...Souver=E4n ist nich dieses oder jenes Volk, sondern der=20
Mensch als solches in einer Einheit, die seit dem fr=FChesten=20
Auftreten des Spezies verloren gegangen ist. Zum ersten=20
Mal seit den Zeiten des schweifenden J=E4gers werden die=20
Grenzen hinf=E4llig oder verlieren der Bedeutung von bewachten=20
Markierungen. Damit die Erde eine neue Heimat." 2)

Thus NATO could be transferred into WUTO (World Unity=20
Treaty Organization). 3) Already during the Second World=20
War Ernst J=FCnger referred to the global state 4) and he also=20
used the term "global civil war"  to seemingly designate the=20
two world wars. The term can also be found elsewhere in=20
his writings:

"Damit soll nicht der Vorgang als schlechthin sinnlos abgeurteilt sein.=20
Es kann nicht helfen, dass man die Augen vor ihm verschliesst.=20
Er ist ein Ausdruck des Weltb=FCrgerkrieges, in den wir begriffen sind.=20
Das Ungeheure der M=E4chte und Mittel l=E4sst darauf schliessen, dass=20
nunmehr das Ganze auf dem Spiele steht. Dazu kommt die Gemeinsamkeit=20
des Stils. Das alles deutet auf den Weltstaat hin." 5)

It has been claimed 6) that the term "global civil war" was first used=20
by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy 7) in 1931 in the book _Die europ=E4ischen=20
Revolutionen und der Charakter der Nationen_. This claim seems to be=20
incorrect. 8)