<P> During August 1914 , immediately after the outbreak of the war , British author and social commentator H.G. Wells published a number of articles in London newspapers that subsequently appeared as a book entitled The War That Will End War . Wells blamed the Central Powers for the coming of the war and argued that only the defeat of German militarism could bring about an end to war . Wells used the shorter form of the phrase , `` the war to end war '' , in In the Fourth Year ( 1918 ) , in which he noted that the phrase had `` got into circulation '' in the second half of 1914 . In fact , it had become one of the most common catchphrases of the First World War . </P>
<P> During August 1914 , immediately after the outbreak of the war , British author and social commentator H.G. Wells published a number of articles in London newspapers that subsequently appeared as a book entitled The War That Will End War . Wells blamed the Central Powers for the coming of the war and argued that only the defeat of German militarism could bring about an end to war . Wells used the shorter form of the phrase , `` the war to end war '' , in In the Fourth Year ( 1918 ) , in which he noted that the phrase had `` got into circulation '' in the second half of 1914 . In fact , it had become one of the most common catchphrases of the First World War . </P>
who coined the phrase war to end all wars
who coined the phrase war to end all wars
H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells