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In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace
Written as World War I drew to a close, Wells advocates for establishing a League of Nations to secure lasting peace.
"In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace" by H. G. Wells is a collection of essays. Written as World War I drew to a close, Wells advocates for establishing a League of Nations to secure lasting peace.
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More and more frequently does one hear this phrase, The League of Nations, used to express the outline idea of the new world that will come out of the war. There can be no doubt that the phrase has taken hold of the imaginations of great multitudes of people: it is one of those creative phrases that may alter the whole destiny of mankind. But as yet it is still a very vague phrase, a cloudy promise of peace. I make no apology therefore, for casting my discussion of it in the most general terms. The idea is the idea of united human effort to put an end to wars; the first practical question, that must precede all others, is how far can we hope to get to a concrete realization of that?
Contents
- 01In the Fourth Year
- 02The League of Free Nations
- 03I. — the Way to Concrete Realization
- 04II. — the League Must Be Representative
- 05III. — the Necessary Powers of the League
- 06IV. — the Labour View of Middle Africa
- 07V. — Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism
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- 09' 2
- 10' 3
- 11VI. — the War Aims of the Western Allies
- 12VII. — the Future of Monarchy
- 13VIII. — the Plain Necessity for a League
- 14IX. — Democracy
- 15X. — the Recent Struggle for Proportional Representation in Great Britain
- 16XI. — the Study and Propaganda of Democracy
- 17The End.
About this edition
- Author
- H. G. Wells
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
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- Length
- 102 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers