Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 205 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 Wells, Herbert George What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War Forecasting the future -- The end of the war -- Nations in liquidation -- Braintree, Bocking and the future of the world -- How far will Europe go towards socialism? -- Lawyer and press -- The new education -- What the war is doing for women -- The new map of Europe -- The United States, France, Britain, and Russia -- "The white man's burthen" -- The outlook for the Germans. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War" by H. G. Wells is a thoughtful analytical work written during the early 20th century, specifically in the context of World War I. This book seeks to predict and explore the societal, political, and technological repercussions that may unfold in the years following the conflict, engaging with themes such as the quest for world peace and the economic reconstruction of nations. The author presents himself as a prophet of sorts, using his reputable background in science and sociology to make educated guesses about the future trajectory of humanity. At the start of the book, Wells lays the groundwork for his forecasts, contemplating the nature of prophecy itself and emphasizing the importance of scientific reasoning in predicting societal change. He reflects on the mental and material tolls of the ongoing war, asserting that the primary obstacles to peace will arise from the very structures that individuals and nations uphold. The opening portion highlights the complexities of human nature in the desire for peace, the failures of past international relations, and the necessity for a new world order that transcends national boundaries. Wells sketches a landscape marked by the anticipation of exhausting warfare and a chaotic socio-political environment, compelling readers to consider how a reshaped world might emerge from the ashes of conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en World War, 1914-1918 World politics D501 Text World War I Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Sociology Category: Politics 404861 2025-07-05T07:05:53.962474 text/html 379986 2024-10-28T18:36:06 text/html 238018 2025-07-05T07:06:01.144373 application/epub+zip 242825 2025-07-05T07:05:57.081482 application/epub+zip 223659 2025-07-05T07:05:55.957442 application/epub+zip 452998 2025-07-05T07:06:04.355377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433478 2025-07-05T07:06:00.433431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399070 2022-09-05T12:36:02.808448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390719 2023-10-05T08:52:28.303919 text/plain 370848 2024-10-28T18:36:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16767 2025-07-05T07:06:04.476368 application/rdf+xml 16850 2025-07-05T07:05:56.445444 image/jpeg 3724 2025-07-05T07:05:56.200413 image/jpeg 232560 2025-07-05T07:05:53.995431 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia