In the Fourth Year

ebook Anticipations of a World Peace

By H. G. Wells

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This carefully crafted ebook: "In the fourth year : anticipations of a world peace (The original unabridged edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. In the Fourth Year is a collection H.G. Wells assembled in the spring of 1918 from essays he had recently published discussing the problem of establishing lasting peace when World War I ended. It is mostly devoted to plans for the League of Nations and the discussion of post-war politics.Table of contents:PrefaceChapter I. The Way to Concrete RealizationChapter II. The League Must Be RepresentativeChapter III. The Necessary Powers of the LeagueChapter IV. The Labour View of Middle AfricaChapter V. Getting The League Idea Clear in Relation To ImperialismChapter VI. The War Aims of the Western Allies Compactly StatedChapter VII. The Future of MonarchyChapter VIII. The Plain Necessity for a LeagueChapter IX. DemocracyChapter X. The Recent Struggle for Proportional Representation In Great BritainChapter XI. The Study and Propaganda of DemocracyHerbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 – 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells was now considered to be one of the world's most important political thinkers and during the 1920s and 30s he was in great demand as a contributor to newspapers and journals.

In the Fourth Year