Washington and the Hope of Peace (Unabridged, aka "Washington and the Riddle of Peace")
By H. G. Wells
Length5h 59m
About this audiobook
This carefully crafted ebook: "Washington and the Hope of Peace (Unabridged, aka "Washington and the Riddle of Peace")" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Written in the first part of the 20th century by H.G.Wells, this work delineates the stupidity of mankind through the ages. It also show the restrictive power of organized religion on the education of the human race. The most important aspect of the book is the treatment of the geological and biological background of human history. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 – 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★ 3.4 (45)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing
GenreHistory
Length5 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 5, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Washington and the Hope of Peace (Unabridged, aka "Washington and the Riddle of Peace")
2INTRODUCTION
3I. — THE IMMENSITY OF THE ISSUE AND THE TRIVIALITY OF MEN
4II. — ARMAMENTS: THE FUTILITY OF MERE LIMITATION
5III. — THE TRAIL OF VERSAILLES: TWO GBEAT POWERS ARE SILENT AND ABSENT
Mostrar todos os capítulosVer menos
6IV. — THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR
7V. — THE PRESIDENT AT ARLINGTON
8VI. — THE FIRST MEETING
9VII. — WHAT IS JAPAN?
10VIII. — CHINA IN THE BACKGROUND
11IX. — THE FUTURE OF JAPAN
12X. — "SECURITY"— THE NEW AND BEAUTIFUL CATCHWORD
13XI. — FRANCE IN THE LIMELIGHT
14XII. — THUS FAR
15XIII. — THE LARGER QUESTION BEHIND THE CONFERENCE
16XIV. — THE REAL THREAT TO CIVILIZATION
17XV. — THE POSSIBLE BREAKDOWN OF CIVILIZATION
18XVI. — WHAT OF AMERICA?
19XVII. — EBB TIDE AT WASHINGTON
20XVIII. — AMERICA AND ENTANGLING ALLIANCES
21XIX. — AN ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS
22XX. — FRANCE AND ENGLAND— THE PLAIN FACTS OF THE CASE
23XXI. — A BEMINDER ABOUT WAR
24XXII. — SOME STIFLED VOICES
25XXIII. — INDIA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS
26XXIV. — THE OTHER END OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE—THE SIEVE FOR GOOD INTENTIONS
27XXV.— AFRICA AND THE ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS
28XXVI. — THE FOURTH PLENARY SESSION
29XXVII. — ABOUT THE WAR DEBTS
30XVIII. — THE FOUNDATION STONE AND THE BUILDING
31XXIX. — WHAT A STABLY ORGANIZED WORLD PEACE MEANS FOR MANKIND
Die ZeitmaschineH. G. Wells3h 45m4.0 (643.9K)$9 · $0.00
THE TIME MACHINE (A Sci-Fi Classic)H. G. Wells5h 6m4.0 (669.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
H. G. Wells: An Englishman Looks at the WorldH. G. Wells12h 35m3.7 (142)$1.99 · $0.00
Die Insel des Dr. Moreau (Science-Fiction-Klassiker)H. G. Wells, Felix Paul Greve5h 22m4.4 (11)$1 · $0.00
SELECT CONVERSATIONS WITH AN UNCLE (The Original 1895 edition)H. G. Wells3h 20m3.4 (161)$1.99 · $0.00
THE WILD ASSES OF THE DEVILH. G. Wells2h 4m3.5 (10)$1.99 · $0.00
The Time Machine (Unabridged)H. G. Wells5h 2m4.0 (649.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Reign of Darkness (Dystopian Collection)H. G. Wells, Jack London, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Jonathan Swift, Edgar Allan Poe, Owen Gregory, Hugh Benson, Edward Bellamy, Mary Shelley, William Hope Hodgson, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Fred M. White, Ignatius Donnelly, Ernest Bramah, Arthur Dudley Vinton, Richard Jefferies, Samuel Butler, Edwin A. Abbott, Anthony Trollope, Cleveland Moffett201h 59m4.3 (27)$1.99 · $0.00
WAR AND THE FUTUREH. G. Wells7h 59m3.5 (98)$1.99 · $0.00
60 Space Sci-Fi BooksH. G. Wells, Percy Greg, Jules Verne, David Lindsay, Edward Everett Hale, H. Beam Piper, Philip K. Dick, E. E. Smith, Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, Richard Stockham, Irving E. Cox, Frederik Pohl, Edwin Lester Arnold, John Jacob Astor, Gustavus W. Pope310h 56m4.0 (52)$2.99 · $0.00
This Misery of BootsH. G. Wells2h 22m3.5 (90)$1.99 · $0.00
TALES OF SPACE AND TIMEH. G. Wells9h 18m3.9 (3.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
The War of The Worlds (A Sci-Fi Classic)H. G. Wells8h 15m4.5 (11.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAUH. G. Wells6h 21m3.9 (173.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
Dystopian Novels of H. G. WellsH. G. Wells22h 37m4.3 (23)$1.99 · $0.00
The Wheels of ChanceH. G. Wells7h 59m3.6 (1.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Shape of Things To Come - A Science Fiction ClassicH. G. Wells19h 44m3.7 (3.3K)$2.99 · $0.00
THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAUH. G. Wells6h 18m3.9 (165.6K)$1.99 · $0.00
The War in the AirH. G. Wells9h 31m3.7 (2.2K)$14 · $0.00
Die Riesen kommen!H. G. Wells9h 48m3.6 (15.9K)$1 · $0.00
A Brief History of IntelligenceMax S. Bennett12h 18m4.6 (6.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m4.6 (16.7K)$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m4.6 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m4.6 (6.5K)$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m4.6 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m4.6 (3.2K)$33 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m4.6 (678)$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m4.6 (809)$28 · $0.00
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure NovelCasey Nash3h 42m4.6 (3.2K)$18 · $0.00
Fall and RiseMitchell Zuckoff17h 23m4.6 (9.8K)$40 · $0.00
The SurvivorJosef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin9h 22m4.6 (2.5K)$29 · $0.00
Always FaithfulThomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki12h 12m4.6 (977)$29 · $0.00
The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789 (Annotated)Alexis de Tocqueville17h 25m4.6 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
All the Gallant MenDonald Stratton, Ken Gire5h 55m4.6 (11.8K)$24 · $0.00
Saint Joan (Annotated)George Bernard Shaw6h 20m4.6 (1.2K)$1.20 · $0.00
Medgar and MyrlieJoy-Ann Reid10h 52m4.5 (27.8K)$29 · $0.00
The History of the Peloponnesian War (Annotated)Thucydides24h 3m4.6 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
Where the Birds Never SingJack Sacco10h 31m4.6 (3.8K)$29 · $0.00
Serviceman J: The Untold Story of an NZSAS SoldierJamie Pennell5h 51m4.6 (452)$24 · $0.00
You may also like
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Annotated)John Maynard Keynes7h 59m4.2 (5K)$2 · $0.00
When Books Went to WarMolly Guptill Manning6h 49m4.1 (14.1K)$17
The Hundredth Monkey (Annotated)Jr. Ken Keyes2h 20m4.1 (432)$2 · $0.00
Ghosts of HiroshimaCharles Pellegrino8h 59m4.5 (877)$23
The End is Always NearDan Carlin7h 55m4.1 (17.5K)$26 · $0.00
The New NormalJennifer Ashton8h 42m4.1 (305)$26 · $0.00
The economic consequences of the peaceJohn Maynard Keynes8h 2m4.1 (3.4K)$3 · $0.00
A Tract on Monetary ReformJohn Maynard Keynes7h 26m4.2 (1.4K)$1 · $0.00
Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920)Chinmay Tumbe7h 31m4.2 (375)$26 · $0.00
The Economic Consequences of the PeaceJohn Maynard7h 46m4.1 (4.5K)$3.50 · $0.00
The World Set FreeH. G.7h 19m3.6 (2.4K)$3.50 · $0.00
A Tract on Monetary Reform (Annotated)John Maynard Keynes7h 17m4.3 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Economic Consequences of the PeaceJohn Maynard Keynes7h 46m4.1 (3.4K)$2.30 · $0.00
This Troubled WorldEleanor Roosevelt51m4.0 (56)$2 · $0.00
Russia in the Shadows (The original unabridged edition)H. G. Wells3h 24m3.9 (431)$2 · $0.00
WASHINGTON AND THE HOPE OF PEACEH. G. Wells7h 36m3.7 (23)$1.99 · $0.00
The Elements of Reconstruction (The original unabridged edition)H. G. Wells2h 15m$2 · $0.00
Food Guide for War Service at HomeKatherine Blunt, Frances Swain, Florence Powdermaker1h 59m$12 · $0.00
Prepping: The Definite Guide for Survivalizm and Prepping (An Introduction to Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and How to Start Prepping for Beginners)Paul Olsen1h 49m$3.50 · $0.00
The New World OrderH. G. Wells3h 49m3.7 (767)$13 · $0.00