Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 127 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 Wells, Herbert George In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace Reading ease score: 55.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Etext produced by Jonathan Ingram, Brett Koonce and PG Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger "In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace" by H. G. Wells is a political treatise written in the late 1910s, amidst the turmoil of World War I. The work elaborates on the concept and necessity for a League of Nations, articulating a hope for global peace and cooperative governance in the wake of devastating conflict. Wells discusses the evolution of ideas surrounding governmental organization, the impacts of imperialism, and the democratic aspirations that must underpin any effective international coalition to prevent future wars. At the start of the text, Wells reflects on the initial public sentiment regarding the war, identifying it as a "War of Ideas." He acknowledges a budding realization over the horrors of imperialism and the need for significant political reform, including disarmament and establishment of a League of Nations. The opening portion reveals Wells's view that the League must be built on principles of democracy, representing the peoples of the world rather than the interests of their rulers. He emphasizes the importance of a people's league and seeks to clarify that the League must be an inclusive assembly that goes beyond mere diplomacy, indicating changing political sentiments and the urgent desire for collective future planning to create lasting peace. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Democracy League of Nations World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Politics 263837 263838 2024-10-05T04:25:20.202028 2023-10-05T05:22:45.829778 text/html text/html 265600 2021-01-26T16:57:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 90530 2021-01-26T16:57:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 175650 2024-10-05T04:25:28.266047 application/epub+zip 178819 2024-10-05T04:25:24.414028 application/epub+zip 158468 2024-10-05T04:25:22.748031 application/epub+zip 356612 2024-10-05T04:25:31.255985 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335799 2024-10-05T04:25:27.232029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251680 2022-09-05T07:27:41.759505 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232142 232026 2024-10-05T04:25:19.593071 2023-10-05T05:22:45.449761 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233394 2020-12-19T18:46:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 87274 2020-12-19T18:46:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 233395 2020-12-19T18:46:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 87249 2020-12-19T18:46:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22350 2024-10-05T04:25:31.724013 application/rdf+xml 15848 2024-10-05T04:25:23.477009 image/jpeg 3565 2024-10-05T04:25:23.127029 image/jpeg 170418 2024-10-05T04:25:20.224058 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia