is the absolute abolition throughout the world of the manufacture of weapons for private gain. He was even further idealistic in his views that weapons themselves could somehow be eradicated: “In this smash-up of empires and diplomacy, this utter disaster of international politics, certain things which would have seemed ridiculously Utopian a few weeks ago have suddenly become reasonable and practicable. This, the greatest of all wars, is not just another war-it is the last war!” Every soldier who fights against Germany now is a crusader against war. It aims at a settlement that shall stop this sort of thing for ever. Yet he wrote: “This is now a war for peace. In light of his pacifist views, it is surprising that Wells himself was Pollyannaish enough to believe that the Great War could end all wars forever. In his treatise, Wells called on these allies to bring to bear every resource available to end the German Empire. The United States was less immediately threatened, but it was easy for them to see that a Europe controlled and dominated by Germany posed a great threat. Britain and France stood to lose the most if they failed to halt Germany’s advance. That, of course, could only be done through a political and military alignment of other nations with the resources to take on an ever-more-powerful German military machine. He advocated a full disarmament of the German Empire as the only solution to completely stave off further war in Europe. In 1914, near the start of World War I, Wells began to write a series of essays and then published them as a short book titled The War That Will End War. Prescient as he was, did Wells hit on something? Can a war bring about the eradication of war? A War for Peace it was still possible to argue that to be prepared for war was the way to keep the peace.
As a result, he concluded that there could be a just war and that the only way to end the current “great” war was to fight it completely and totally. He believed strongly that the German military buildup, which had been occurring since the nation’s 1871 unification, was driven by a corrupt industrial and political system that needed to be eradicated. He often wrote about the evils of war, advocating primarily pacifist views-that is, until the First World War descended on Europe. Wells was a prolific writer not only of fiction but also of nonfiction and essays. But he also infused his dramatic and compelling stories with critique and commentary on the human condition and the failure of political systems to solve the problems of an emerging modern world. Known mostly for his novels The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Time Machine, Wells predicted vast technological advances for the 20 th century. Wells (1866–1946) was considered a prophet by his contemporaries.
As one of the fathers of science fiction, British writer H.G.
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