Book Reviews : Documents on International Affairs, 1963. Selected and edited by D. C. Watt, James Mayall and Cornelia Navari. The Oxford University Press for The Royal Institute of International Affairs. £12.00
| Published date | 01 December 1972 |
| Date | 01 December 1972 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/004711787200400614 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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sufficient
regulator
is
more
than
justified
but
it
is
doubtful
if
his
remedies
are
any
more
workable,
again
given
the
nature
of
man.
&dquo;The
Functions
of
Functionalism
in
International
Relations&dquo;
is
assessed
by
R.
J.
Vincent
and
&dquo;N eofunctionaolism&dquo;
by
C.
C.
Pentland.
In
so
far
as
finding
new
forms
of
expressing
old
concepts
clears
the
mind
such
theoretical
exercises
may
presumably
be
valuable
and
this
idea
is
overtly
expressed
by
Robert
Boardman
in
&dquo;Comparative
Method
and
Foreign
Policy&dquo;.
The
volume
ends
with
a
trio
of
papers
on
the
teaching
of
&dquo;Inter-
national
Relations
and
International
Studies&dquo;
by
Geoffrey
Goodwin,
examining
their
inter-relationship
and
their
relevance
to
present
day
problems;
&dquo;International
Studies
in
the
United
States:
Some
Problems
and
Issues
for
the
1970s&dquo;
by
James
N.
Rosenau
and
&dquo;International
Re-
lations
and
International
Law&dquo;
by
Otto
Kimminich,
in
which
he
de-
monstrates
how
closely
and
inevitably
the
two
are
related
in
any
system
that
aims
at
a
viable
equilibrium.
Finally
Georg
Schwarzenberger
takes
as
his
subject
&dquo;The
Problem
of
Functional
Incompatibilities
Before
International
Courts&dquo;
and
deplores
the
recent
evidence
that
the
I.C.J.
would
seem
to
have
become
less
strict
than
is
desirable
in
its
attitude
to
such
incompatibilities
when
they
arise.
Statesman’s
Yearbook,
1974/77.
Edited
by
John
Paxton.
MacMillaii.
£4.95.
1556pp.
This
is
the
lllth
edition
of
this
absolutely
indispensable
reference
book.
Not
only
have
the
number
of
countries
increased
enormously
since
it
was
first
published,
but
their
inter-relationship
has
increased
enormously
in
scope
and
width.
World
affairs,
political,
economic
and
social,
not
only
grow
in
complexity
but
also
in
the
rapidity
of
the
changes
that
occur
both
internally
and
externally,
and
the
Statesman’s
Yearbook
contrives
to
keep
up-to-date
in
a
quite
extraordinary
fashion.
In
the
present
Volume
the
section
dealing
with
the
world’s
oil
resources
and
the
development
of
North
Sea gas
is
of
particular
value,
since
it
not
only
indicates
what
the
annual
production
of
oil
is
likely
to
be,
but
also
forecasts
what
demand
trends
for
energy
will
probably
be
in
ten
years
from
today.
The
Volume
is
easy
to
handle
and
is
quite
indispensable
for
any
student
of
international
affairs.
Documents
on
International
Affairs,
1963.
Selected
and
edited
by
D.
C.
Watt,
James
Mayall
and
Cornelia
Navari.
The
Oxford
University
Press
for
The
Royal
Institute
of
International
Affairs.
£12.00.
This
volume
of
Documents
covers
a
very
wide
field
of
activity
in
the
relatively
calm
period
following
the
resolution
of the
Cuba
missile
crisis,
which
led
to
the
conclusion
of
the
Test
Ban
Treaty
in
August
1963.
The
various
sections
cover
relations
between
the
Great
Powers
es-
pecially
as
regards
NATO,
Franco-German
relations
and
the
crisis
in
the
EEC
following
the
French
veto
of
British
membership.
Particular
emphasis
is
laid
on
the
economic
aspects
of
western
diplomacy
and
the
agreement
by
the
Group
of
Ten
to
study
the
problem
of
international
liquidity
-
a
problem
which
has
become
still
more
urgent
in
1974
and
is still
very
far
from
any
agreed
solution.
Space
is
given
to
the
continuing
questions
of
Germany’s
role
in
Europe
and
the
position
of
Berlin,
and
the
increasingly
bitter
Sino-~Soviet
dispute
which
now
shows
signs
of
softening.
Outside
Europe
the
documents
selected
cover
the
Declaration
of
the
Tripartite
Union
of
the
Arab
Republic;
Syria
and
Iraq;
the
war
in
the
Yemen;
the
increasing
involvement
of the
United
States
in
Vietnam;
the
establishment
of
the
Federation
of
Malaysia
and
the
ensuing
disputes
between
the
governments
of
Britain,
Malaysia,
Indonesia
and
the
Philipinnes.
The
developments
leading
to
the
establishment
of
the
Organi-
zation
of
African
Unity
are
fully
covered
as
are
early
African
attempts
to
get
the
United
Nations
to
act
against
South
Africa,
and
their
attempts
to
medicate
in
the
Morocan-Algerian
border
oonflict.
Finally,
in
the
Western
Hemisphere
three
sections
cover
defence
relations
between
Canada
and
the
United
States,
the
attempts
the
United
States
in
the
Organization
of
American
States
to
isolate
Cuba,
and
the
creation
of
the
Inter-American
Committee
on
the
Alliance
for
progress.
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