Armageddon

"The War in the Air / Armageddon" (The War in the Air / Armageddon) of Herbert Wells** is a prophetic science-fiction novel of the classical world anti-utopic genre, which predicts the destructive character of the wars of the future and the catastrophic role of aviation in the history of the 20th century. Wells describes with terrible accuracy how technical progress, falling into the hands of political ambitions and militarism, leads not to the rapid victory of one of the parties, but to the complete collapse of the world economy, the destruction of the megapolis and the immersion of civilization in chaos and barbarism. Written at the beginning of the twentieth century, the novel is impressed not only by its social insight, but also by the exciting dynamics that combines the farce adventures of a little man with the great panorama of a global catastrophe. ** About what the book in three words:** Air, War, Catastrophe. **Who to read:** Fans of classical science fiction and antiutopia, fans of alternative history and military prose, as well as everyone who appreciates Herbert Wells' prophetic works.