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In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace

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In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace

by H. G. Wells

English· 04:21:49· 14 chapters
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. Summary by jfschuurman.

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface

    11:18
  2. Chapter 2

    I. The Way to Concrete Realization

    21:39
  3. Chapter 3

    II. The League Must Be Representative

    19:36
  4. Chapter 4

    III. The Necessary Powers of the League

    22:17
  5. Chapter 5

    IV. The Labour View of Middle Africa

    16:10
  6. Chapter 6

    V-a. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism

    11:34
  7. Chapter 7

    V-b. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism

    17:22
  8. Chapter 8

    V-c. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism

    20:01
  9. Chapter 9

    VI. The War Aims of the Western Allies

    07:34
  10. Chapter 10

    VII. The Future of Monarchy

    20:36
  11. Chapter 11

    VIII. The Plain Necessity for a League

    24:47
  12. Chapter 12

    IX. Democracy

    30:14
  13. Chapter 13

    X. The Recent struggle for Proportional Representation in Great Britain

    26:30
  14. Chapter 14

    XI. The Study and Propaganda of Democracy

    12:11