Shaw opens with a ‘first aid to critics’ who insist on tracing his ideas to foreign thinkers, then sets out the gospel of St. Andrew Undershaft, the armaments maker who holds that poverty is the worst of crimes. He goes on to the Salvation Army, its strengths and weaknesses, Barbara’s return to the colours, Christianity and anarchism, and his own sane conclusions.
Shaw at his most provocative, best read alongside the play it introduces. Download the free EPUB.