Germany (cont.).

state of, ix. 451; racial policy of,
viii. 288, 576-771., 60472.; ix. 437;
rearmament under, yiii. 140; rise
of, viii. 307 TZ.; sterilization of 'the
unfit', ix. 603; virtues of, vii. 520;
see also HITLER.

Ottoman Empire, relations with, viii.
227-8 72.

parliamentary government, failure of,
ix. 155 n.

Poland, relations with, viii. 31072.;
ix. 500.

political ability, lack of, viii. 345.

population of, ix. 478, 495.

position of: towards end of i8th cen-
tury, ix. 742-3; in 1929, ix. 407; in
1945, ix. 243, 260; in 1952, ix. 446.

psychological condition of, after
1945, ix. 498-9, BOO, 534. .

rearmament of, question of, ix. 455,
499.

resentment of, at defeat in 1918, viii.
291.

Revolution (1848), ix. 15572.

Rhineland, military reoccupation of
(7 March 1936), ix. 255 n.

role of, in Western history, ix. 433.

Russian Empire, relations with, viii.

139, 141, 303, 467-
sea-power of, ix. 476,
shipbuilding in, ix. 372.
tactical victories of, viii. 222 n.
trade cycles in, ix. 230.
U.S.A., relations with, ix. 501-2,517.
U.S.S.R., relations with, viii. 140,

141, 143, 467, 687 n.\ ix. 501-2,

.5^,534:
virtues of, ix. 432, 433; see also above

under National Socialism.
See also under FRANCE; PRUSSIA;

RENAISSANCES.
Gettysburg, Battle of (1863), x. 114,

138.
Ghassanids, the, vii. 131 n.t 659; viii.

50-51 and 72., 53, 58, 361, 364*-,

653 n.
Ghazan, Il-Khan, x. 68, 71,73,75, 76,

77, 78, So.

Ghaznawids, the, viii. 49, 690.
Ghazzall, Abu Hamid al-: Al-Mun-

qldh mm al-Daldl, quoted, ix. 631.
Ghent, Peace Treaty of (A.D. 1814),

ix. 299.
Ghiyath-ad-Dm Balban, 'Slave King*

of Delhi, vii. 15.
Ghiyath-ad-Dln, son of Rashid-ad-

Din, x. 71, 72.
Ghuris, the, yiii. 690.
Ghuzz, the, viii. 70.
Gibb, H. A. R., x. 23, 218.

INDEX

Gibbon,

297

Edward: autobiography,
drafts for, x. 99, 100, 102; Auto-

biographies, quoted, vii. 696; x. 98,
99, 101, 102, 103 and ?2., 104,15872.;
complacency of, ix. 267, 426-7,
436, 437, 627, 741; x. 100, 103,
106-7; contemporary success of, ix.
184; current events, interest in, x.
99-100; death of, ix. 429; x. 100 72.,
102; education of, x. 99, 101; effect
of French Revolution on, ix. 428-9,
436, 438, 630; x. 99-100; egocen-
tricity of, ix. 436, 437; Essai sur
VEtude de la Litterature, x. 98, 99,
101; 'General Observations' in The
History of the Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire—critique of,
ix. 741-57; — quoted, ix. 424, 471,
549, 569, 599, 741-2, 742-3, 745-6,
752, 754-6; x. i oo; genius of, x.
103, 213; Hellenic culture, appre-
ciation of, viii. 99, 100 72.; historical
discernment of, x. 99, 100; History
of the Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire—beginning of writing of, x.
98 and 72., 104; — circumstances at
time of writing, ix. 427, 436, 741;
— completion of, ix, 428, 429; x.
99, 100 and «., 101, 102, 104; —
original plan of, x. 103-4, 105; —
publication of, x. 107; — quoted,
vii. 268, 271, 696, 697; viii. 80-81,
132; ix. 561 72., 701, 712 TZ., 730,
756 TZ.; x. 98 TZ., 106 72., 126, 128-9,
136 72.; —supremacy of, in its genre,
x. 101-2;—theme of, ix. 425,426;—
time spent on creation of, x. 101;
implications of Industrial Revolution
not appreciated by, ix.561 n.; inspira-
tion, source of, vii. 9, 696; ix. 627;
x. 102 seqq.; limitations of, x. 105-7,
213; on cumulative progress of
mathematics, ix. 701, 704; on
triumph of Barbarism and Religion,
vii. 382-3; optimism of, ix. 424-7,
428, 436, 437, 438, 449, 753; return
to England from 1/ausanne, ix. 429;
x. 102; scholarship of, ix. 21571.;
social milieu of, x. 98; Swiss Con-
federation, abortive history of, x.
98, 99, 101; themes, search for, ix.
429; x. 99, 100, 101, 102.

Gibraltar, Straits of, ix* 642.

Gibson, Robert, x. 237.

Gilgamesh, tale of, vii. 458; viii.
491.

Gillespie, Alexander Douglas, x. 237.

Gilmari, A.: The Saracens, quoted,
vii. 159.

Gilson, E.: The Spirit of Medieval
Philosophy, quoted, vii. 772., 514.

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