If the War Goes On: Reflections on War and Politics[1] is a series of essays and other writings by the German-born Swiss author Hermann Hesse. It covers the period 1914 to 1948. Much of the book is critical of war and the German war effort, yet contains multifaceted accounts of various Germans who resisted war (especially Nazism).
Essays
O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! (September 1914)
To a Cabinet Minister (August 1917)
If the War Goes On Another Two Years (End of 1917)
Christmas (December 1917)
Shall There Be Peace? (December 1917)
If the War Goes On Another Five Years (Early in 1918)
^Hesse, Hermann (1978) [1914], If The War Goes On: Reflections on War and Politics, Translated by Ralph Manheim, London: Picador/Pan Books, ISBN0-330-24029-3