Book Review: Aspects De L'Industrialisation En Afrique Centrale
| Published date | 01 December 1955 |
| Date | 01 December 1955 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070205501000422 |
| Author | M. Karp |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
306
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
THE
INDIAN
YEARBOOK
OF
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS,
1952.
1952.
Edited
by
Charles
Henry
Alexandrowicz.
(Published
under
the
auspices
of
the
Indian
Study Group of
International
Affairs,
University
of
Madras.
xii, 316pp.)
This
initial
volume
in a
projected
annual
series
is
a
welcome
addition
to
the
growing
body
of
literature
on
international
affairs
which
has
emanated
from
India
since
its
attainment
of
independence.
Apparently
modelled
on
its
British
counterpart,
the
Indian
Yearbook
consists of
seventeen
papers
and essays,
all
but
four
of
them
by
Indian
scholars
and
officials
or
educators
at
present
residing
there,
nine
shorter
notes,
recent
decisions
affecting
International
Law
rendered
by
Indian
courts, a
brief
section of
book
reviews
and
Indian
publications
on
international
relations,
and a
list
of
agreements
entered
into
by
the
Govern-
ment
of
India
since
1947.
For
Western
students
of
world
affairs
the
principal
value
of
this
collection,
aside
from
the
use-
ful
appendices,
is
the
insight
gained
into
the
approach
of
prominent
Indians
on
various contemporary
problems and
theoretical
issues.
In
his
opening
paper,
a
model
of
clarity
and
lucidity,
Sir
Girja
S.
Bajpai
offers
a
candid defense
of
the
balance
of
power
as
an
essential
device
for
the
maintenance
of
peace
in
a
society
characterized
by
anarchy.
The
distinguishd
first
Secretary-
General
of
External
Affairs and
present
Governor
of
Bombay
advocates
the
growth
of
India's
power
in
order
that
it
may
effectively
play
the
role
of
balancer
in
Asia.
Writing
in
the
manner
of
the
pure
realist,
he
declares:
"It
is
not
power
but
its
misuse or
abuse
which
is
morally
reprehensible
..
."
Fur-
ther,
he
cautions utopians
that
"Balance
of
Power
.. .
is
a
product
of circumstances
which
the
righteous
and
the
upright
may
dislike
but
cannot
afford
to
ignore."
Although
only
a
few
papers are
marked
by
scholarly
re-
search,
Prof.
C.
H.
Alexandrowicz,
the
editor,
and
the
Madras
Study
Group
are
to
be
commended
for
their
initiative
and
stimu-
lus to
a
serious
discussion
of
international affairs.
McGill
University
M.
BREcImR
ASPECTS
DE
L'INDUSTRIALISATION
EN
AFRIQUE
CENTRALE.
By
Raymond
Bertieaux.
1953.
(Brussels:
Institut
des
Relations
Internationales.
318pp)
This
book
is
essentially
a
descriptive
study
of
economic
trends
and
policies
in
central Africa.
A
description of
the
principal
features
of
central
African
agriculture,
mining
and
industrial
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