Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 90 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 Wells, Herbert George What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Forecasting the future -- The end of the war -- Nations in liquidation -- Braintree, Bocking and the future of the world -- How far will Europe go towards socialism? -- Lawyer and press -- The new education -- What the war is doing for women -- The new map of Europe -- The United States, France, Britain, and Russia -- "The white man's burthen" -- The outlook for the Germans. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War" by H. G. Wells is a thoughtful analytical work written during the early 20th century, specifically in the context of World War I. This book seeks to predict and explore the societal, political, and technological repercussions that may unfold in the years following the conflict, engaging with themes such as the quest for world peace and the economic reconstruction of nations. The author presents himself as a prophet of sorts, using his reputable background in science and sociology to make educated guesses about the future trajectory of humanity. At the start of the book, Wells lays the groundwork for his forecasts, contemplating the nature of prophecy itself and emphasizing the importance of scientific reasoning in predicting societal change. He reflects on the mental and material tolls of the ongoing war, asserting that the primary obstacles to peace will arise from the very structures that individuals and nations uphold. The opening portion highlights the complexities of human nature in the desire for peace, the failures of past international relations, and the necessity for a new world order that transcends national boundaries. Wells sketches a landscape marked by the anticipation of exhausting warfare and a chaotic socio-political environment, compelling readers to consider how a reshaped world might emerge from the ashes of conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 World politics D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Politics 404877 402878 2024-10-05T08:59:04.642695 2023-10-05T08:52:28.799912 text/html text/html 401309 2020-12-25T17:44:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 148586 2020-12-25T17:44:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 238014 2024-10-05T08:59:12.694630 application/epub+zip 242869 2024-10-05T08:59:08.178665 application/epub+zip 223700 2024-10-05T08:59:06.921664 application/epub+zip 453140 2024-10-05T08:59:16.321622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433488 2024-10-05T08:59:11.892621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399070 2022-09-05T12:36:02.808448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390797 390719 2024-10-05T08:59:04.073715 2023-10-05T08:52:28.303919 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 392029 2020-12-25T17:44:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 146033 2020-12-25T17:44:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 392026 2020-12-25T17:44:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145984 2020-12-25T17:44:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22611 2024-10-05T08:59:16.452595 application/rdf+xml 16850 2024-10-05T08:59:07.469697 image/jpeg 3724 2024-10-05T08:59:07.193642 image/jpeg 232574 2024-10-05T08:59:04.679674 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