In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace
H. G. Wells
Read by John Schuurman
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. (4 hr 21 min)
Chapters
Preface | 11:18 | Read by John Schuurman |
I. The Way to Concrete Realization | 21:39 | Read by John Schuurman |
II. The League Must Be Representative | 19:36 | Read by John Schuurman |
III. The Necessary Powers of the League | 22:17 | Read by John Schuurman |
IV. The Labour View of Middle Africa | 16:10 | Read by John Schuurman |
V-a. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism | 11:34 | Read by John Schuurman |
V-b. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism | 17:22 | Read by John Schuurman |
V-c. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism | 20:01 | Read by John Schuurman |
VI. The War Aims of the Western Allies | 7:34 | Read by John Schuurman |
VII. The Future of Monarchy | 20:36 | Read by John Schuurman |
VIII. The Plain Necessity for a League | 24:47 | Read by John Schuurman |
IX. Democracy | 30:14 | Read by John Schuurman |
X. The Recent struggle for Proportional Representation in Great Britain | 26:30 | Read by John Schuurman |
XI. The Study and Propaganda of Democracy | 12:11 | Read by John Schuurman |