Book Reviews : The European Community and Its Mediterranean Enlargement. Loukas Tsoukalis. Allen & Unwin £15.00 hbk, £6.95 pbk
| DOI | 10.1177/004711788100700117 |
| Author | Geoffrey Edwards |
| Published date | 01 April 1981 |
| Date | 01 April 1981 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
1080
K.
Cerny;
Nationalists
without
a
Nation,
Valentine
Herman
and
Bob
van
der
Laan
Bouma;
Terrorism
in
Northern
Ireland,
E.
Moxon-Browne;
The
European
Community
and
Terrorism,
Juliet
Lodge.
Chaper
8
examines
the
legal
responses
to
terrorism
and
in
how
far
there
is
evidence
of
growing
European
co-operation
in
attempting
to
deal
with
it.
In
her
Concluding
Remarks
(Chapter
9)
Juliet
Lodge
examines
the
various
methods
of
combating
terrorist
activities
so
far
proposed
whether
bi-
or
multilateral
and
argues
the
pros
and
cons
of
each
proposal.
&dquo;So
far
governments
have
been
pre-occupied
with
discerning
and
developing
anti-terrorist
methods
rather
than
with
engaging
in
the
kind
of
scrutiny
of
the
causes
of
terrorism
(assuming
that
these
can
be
isolated
reliably
in
West
European
advanced
technological
societies)
advocated
by
some
Members
of
the
European
Parliament.
This
preoccupation
derives
both
from
their
view
of
their
primary
duty
as
the
protection
of
their
societies
and
innocent
people
and
also
to
the
factors
of
time
and
financial
con-
straints
in
undertaking
such
a
widespread
investigation.&dquo;
It
emerges
clearly
that
so
far
adequately
based
and
generally
accepted
methods
of
dealing
with
terrorism
are
still
lacking
though
the
need
for
them
is
in-
creasingly
recognised.
This
is
a
very
useful
study
of
an
increasingly
threatening
development.
MAO
A
Biography.
Ross
Terrill.
Harper
&
Row
£8.95.
A
most
fascinating
biography
of
a
Chinese
phenomenon,
an
integrated
human
mixture
of
old
and
new
in
China’s
evolving
culture
which
is
so
deeply
rooted
in
the
past.
The
author
whose
knowledge
of
China
is
based
on
six
extensive
journeys
through
the
country
and
who
is
an
acknowledged
expert
on
contemporary
China
sums
up
the
progress
of
Mao
from
a
farmboy
to,
to
all
intents
and
purposes,
a
re-embodiment
of
the
ancient
Chinese
emperors
though
with
a
different
understanding
of
the
concept
of
&dquo;God-
head&dquo;.
He
describes
him
as
&dquo;a
complex
man
who
felt
more
akin
to
nature
and
history
than
to
other
people,
who
had
multiple
love
affairs
but
was
not
lovable,
who
had
strong
prejudices,
became
vain
and
bore
grudges.
He
was
a
man
of
action
and
of
vision,
who
seldom
finished
a
battle
with-
out
turning
aside
to
express
in
verse
his
excitement
at
the
exhilaration
of
struggle
and
the
beauty
of
China’s
mountains
and
rivers&dquo;.
He
was
also
driven
by
a
Napoleonic
conviction
of
his
destiny
to
reform
his
nation-
his
ultimate
impact
upon
China
is
still
to
emerge.
In
the
new
trend
towards
a
turning
to
the
West
as
a
result
of
China’s
quarrel
with
the
Soviet
Union,
Mao’s
legacy
is
already
subject
to
question.
The
European
Community
and
Its
Mediterranean
Enlargement.
Loukas
Tsoukalis.
Allen
&
Unwin
£15.00
hbk,
£6.95
pbk.
Greece
became
the
tenth
members
of
the
European
Community
on
1
January
1981.
Spain
and
Portugal
are
still
in
the
process
of
negotiating
their
entry.
The
thorniest
issue
in
these
negotiations,
that
of
agriculture,
has
yet
to
be
tackled
and
no-one,
least
of
all
the
Commissioner
in
charge
of the
negotiations,
Mr.
Natali,
is
prepared
to
predict
when
they
will
be
over.
The
attitude
of
the
new
French
President
will
be
crucial,
his
pre-
decessor
called
for
a
pause
in
the
process,
ostensibly
in
order
to
sort
out
the
problems
created
by
the
first
enlargement
(largely
relating
to
the
Budget
and
therefore
to
the
Common
Agricultural
Policy)
but
in
large
measure
in
order
to
acknowledge
the
strength
of
opposition
in
Southern
France
to
the
prospect
of
Spanish
membership.
The
implications
of
further
enlargement
for
the
community’s
agricul-
tural
policy,
and
therefore the
costs
of
including
three
new
members,
has
inevitably
given
rise
to
most
concern.
However,
there
are
also
potential
industrial
problems,
both
for
existing
and
new
members,
particularly
in
those
sectors
already
in
decline
or
in
difficulties
within
the
Nine,
such
as
textiles,
steel
and
motor
cars.
Dr.
Tsoukalis
concentrates
on
these
economic
problems.
He
traces
the
economic
development
of the
three
countries
and
their
past
relationships
with
the
Community.
He
also
gives
an
outline
of
the
course
of
negotiations
up
to
1980.
It
is
an
extremely
workmanlike
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