Towards One World

This is an introduction to world affairs in 1961 and after.

G. Pearson (Author)

9780521109109, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 June 2009

344 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg

This is an introduction to world affairs in 1961 and after. It shows in bold outline how our rather small, increasingly overpopulated world has come to be dominated by the two giants powers, the USA and the USSR, with a new class of neutralist ex-colonial countries holding an increasingly important position. While Mr Pearson shows the part played by European or Western influence in creating one world, he also stresses that the outlying parts of the world are now independent and dynamic, and that they have their own personality, aspirations and interests. Mr Pearson begins with the 'European springboard', showing how the Europe of the sixteenth century and after was a kind of powerhouse sending out currents of intellectual and political activity all over the world. Then he goes straight to the USA and the USSR and outlines their development. Next he turns to the time of European dominance and imperialism up to 1914; then to the course and effects of the two world wars; then to the decisive rise of the Asian contenders for great-power status and the decline of colonialism. Final chapters outline the history of the Middle East and comment on the 'lands of the future', especially Africa.

Preface
1. The European springboard
2. The Russian enigma
3. The making of the United States
4. The expansion of the United States (1787–1865)
5. The wealth of the United Sates
6. Europe reorganized I: the French example
7. Europe reorganized II: the new nations
8. British overseas settlement (to 1914)
9. European imperialism (to 1914)
10. China - the dragon awakened
11. The Great War and the Russian Revolution
12. The world-wide crisis (1929–45)
13. The modern giants
14. Far-east challengers
15. Turkey and the Arab lands
16. The lands of the future
17. The problems of one world
Bibliography
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]