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In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace

H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)

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.

Genre(s): Political Science

Language: English

Keyword(s): WWI (158), democracy (17), imperialism (13), utopian (10), world peace (6), league of nations (5), war to end war (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	John Schuurman	00:11:18
Play 01	I. The Way to Concrete Realization	John Schuurman	00:21:39
Play 02	II. The League Must Be Representative	John Schuurman	00:19:36
Play 03	III. The Necessary Powers of the League	John Schuurman	00:22:17
Play 04	IV. The Labour View of Middle Africa	John Schuurman	00:16:10
Play 05	V-a. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism	John Schuurman	00:11:34
Play 06	V-b. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism	John Schuurman	00:17:22
Play 07	V-c. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism	John Schuurman	00:20:01
Play 08	VI. The War Aims of the Western Allies	John Schuurman	00:07:34
Play 09	VII. The Future of Monarchy	John Schuurman	00:20:36
Play 10	VIII. The Plain Necessity for a League	John Schuurman	00:24:47
Play 11	IX. Democracy	John Schuurman	00:30:14
Play 12	X. The Recent struggle for Proportional Representation in Great Britain	John Schuurman	00:26:30
Play 13	XI. The Study and Propaganda of Democracy	John Schuurman	00:12:11

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