H G Wells

In The Fourth Year - Anticipations of a World Peace (1918) H G Wells

In The Fourth Year - Anticipations of a World Peace is a classic World War One history text that states: In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a "War of Ideas." A phrase, "The War to end War," got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phrase powerful enough to sway many men, essentially pacifists, towards taking an active part in the war against German imperialism, but it was a phrase whose chief content was its aspiration.