In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace, credited to H. G. Wells, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H. G. Wells. Read in English 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.

Recording facts

• Recording title: In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace
• Author credits: H. G. Wells
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 4:21:49

Catalogue topics

• WWI
• democracy
• utopian
• world peace
• league of nations
• imperialism
• war to end war

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 11:18
2. 01 - I. The Way to Concrete Realization — 21:39
3. 02 - II. The League Must Be Representative — 19:36
4. 03 - III. The Necessary Powers of the League — 22:17
5. 04 - IV. The Labour View of Middle Africa — 16:10
6. 05 - V-a. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism — 11:34
7. 06 - V-b. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism — 17:22
8. 07 - V-c. Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism — 20:01
9. 08 - VI. The War Aims of the Western Allies — 7:34
10. 09 - VII. The Future of Monarchy — 20:36
11. 10 - VIII. The Plain Necessity for a League — 24:47
12. 11 - IX. Democracy — 30:14
13. 12 - X. The Recent struggle for Proportional Representation in Great Britain — 26:30
14. 13 - XI. The Study and Propaganda of Democracy — 12:11

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