"The Role of Force in History" was intended to be a pamphlet, but which Engels was never able to complete. It was to follow the three chapters in Anti-Duhring that are a critique of the theory of force. Engels wanted to elaborate the main ideas of these three chapters and add "The Role of Force..." as an example- using Germany history 1848-1888 to make a critical analysis of Bismarck's policies of blood and iron. Engels was never able to finish the work, begun in 1887. This edition brings the four pieces together. The general reader as well as students of Marx/Engels will find much food for thought, in our dangerous age, in this work.