Book Review: Survey of International Affairs, 1949–1950, Documents on International Affairs, 1949–1950
| DOI | 10.1177/002070205501000211 |
| Date | 01 June 1955 |
| Published date | 01 June 1955 |
| Author | Robert A. Spencer |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
BOOK
REVIEWS
137
SURVEY
OF
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS,
1949-1950.
By
Peter
Calvo-
coressi.
1953.
(London,
Toronto: Oxford;
for
Royal
In-
stitute
of
International
Affairs.
590pp.
maps.
52/6d.
$12.50)
DOCUMENTS
ON
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS,
1949-1950.
Selected
and
Edited
by
Margaret
Carlyle.
1953.
(London,
Toronto:
Oxford;
for
Royal
Institute
of
International
Affairs. xxiv,
796pp.
63/-
$9.50)
This
second volume
in
the
post-war series
of
the
Chatham
House
Surveys
prepares
the
way
for the
annual
volumes
which
begin
with
1951.
It
is
in
every
way
superior
to
its
predecessor.
The
narrative
is
clear
and
well
written,
and
while
it
is
largely
factual,
there
is much
sober
and
well-balanced
analysis.
As
Professor
Toynbee
notes in
his
introduction,
the
two
most
not-
able
events
in
the
years
reviewed
were
the
signing of
the
North
Atlantic
Treaty
on
April
4,
1949,
and
the
outbreak
of
the
Korean
conflict
on
June
25,
1950.
The
volume also
records
significant
developments
such
as
the
collapse
of
the
Kuomintang regime
on
the
Chinese
mainland;
and,
in Europe,
the
astonishing
economic
recovery
under
E.R.P.,
the
Soviet
defeat
at
Berlin, and
the
emergence
of
a
new power
in
the
Federal
Republic
of
Germany.
Mr.
Calvocoressi
deals
first
with
the
policies
of
the
rival super-
powers,
and
then
with
the
clashes
between
them
and
between
their
clusters
of
satellites or
associates,
first
in
Europe,
then
in Asia;
and
finally
(and
briefly)
with
international
co-operation
through the
U.N.
The
same
pattern
is
followed
in
the
accom-
panying
volume
of
documents,
which
is
of
necessity highly
selective.
It
includes
only
a
few
of
the
main
or
key
documents
on
which
the
survey
is based,
but
the
collection
is
by
no
means
sufficient
to
tell
a
full
story.
Toronto
ROBERT
A.
SPENCER.
EUROPEAN
PEACE
TREATIES
AFTER
WORLD
WAR
I1. NEGOTIATIONS
AND
TEXTS
OF
TREATIES
WITH
ITALY,
BULGARIA,
HUNGARY,
RUMANIA
AND
FINLAND.
Edited
by
Amelia
C.
Leiss
in
co-
operation
with
Raymond
Dennett.
(Boston:
World
Peace
Foundation.
xvi,
341pp.
$4.75)
The
World Peace
Foundation
has
performed
a
useful
service
in
issuing
this
volume.
It
was
planned
as
part
of
the
series,
Documents
on
American
Foreign
Relations,
and
is
nominally
a
supplement
to
Volumes
VIII
and
IX,
but
its
self-contained
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