Book Reviews : The Struggle for Syria: A Study of Post War Arab Politics, 1945-1958. Patrick Seale. Oxford University Press for the R.I.I.A., 1965, 42/-. The Arab Cold War, 1958-1964: A Study of Ideology in Politics. Malcolm Kerr. Oxford University Press for the R.I.I.A., 1965, 10/6. Middle Eastern Affairs. No. 4. Edited by Albert Hourani. Oxford University Press, 1965, 25/-, (St. Antony's Papers, No. 17)
| DOI | 10.1177/004711786700300110 |
| Published date | 01 April 1967 |
| Date | 01 April 1967 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
80
&dquo;A
Latin
American
Common
l~arket?&dquo;
by
Sidney
Dell
Oxford
University
P)’L’s’S,
for
Chatham
House,
1966,
55s.
The
movement
towards
regional
economic
integration
and
the
efforts
made
by le
tiers
monde
to
accelerate
their
economic
development
are
new
phenomena
in
the
international
political
system.
&dquo;A
Latin
American
Common
Market?&dquo;
links
these
together
in
a
cogent
analysis
of
the
quest
for
integration
as
a
means
for
stimulating
the
rate
of
economic
growth
in
Latin
America.
Sidney
Dell
is
an
economist,
and
i,s
a
member
of
the
United
Nations
Secretariat.
His
shrewd
appreciation
of
the
,political
factors
involved
in
any
enterprise
aiming
at
the
economic
integration
of
two
or
more
countries
was
evident
in
&dquo;Trade
Blocs
and
Common
Markets&dquo;
(1963),
and
can
be
welcomed
in
the
present
study.
He
draws
attention
to
the
question,
so
vital
to
all
underdeveloped
countries
yet
so
often
overlooked
in
economic
theory,
whether
integration
will
facilitate
a
more
ei~cient
use
of
existing
resources
and
stimulate
economic
development,
bringing
mutual
advantages
to
all
participants
and
not
merely
benefitting
the
strong
while
leaving
the
weak
unprotected.
The
author
contends
that
under-
developed
countries
cannot
risk
haphazard
progress
via
the
free
play
of
market
forces,
and
that
planning
and
integration
should
go
together
in
the
aim
to
completely
transform
the
whole
structure
of
the
Latin
American
economy.
Economic
integration
in
Latin
America
is
taking
place
within
two
regional
groupings
-
the
Central
American
Common
Market,
comprising
Guatemala,
Honduras,
El
Salvador,
Nicaragua
and
Costa
Rica,
and
the
signatories
of
the
Treaty
of
Montivideo
(Argentina,
Brazil,
Chile,
Mexico,
Peru,
Paraguay,
and
Uruguay
setting
up
the
Latin
American
Free
Trade
Area,
to
which
Ecuador
and
Colombia
subsequently
acceded.
The
author’s
analysis
of
the
problems
encountered
in
the
integrating
process
emphasises
that
&dquo;no
integration
programme .
can
do
much
for
underdeveloped
countries
in
the
long
run
unless
it
forms
part
of
an
overall
strategy
for
development&dquo;.
Balanced
and
harmonious
development
on
a
regional
scale
requires
concerted
planning
efforts
over
a
wide
range
of
policies
and
a
consensus
regarding
such
issues
as
transport,
communications,
international
payments
and
the
role
of
foreign
enterprise.
In
an
examination
of
these
problems
the
author
demonstrates
that
integration
is
as
much
a
political
as
an
economic
process,
and
that
a
major
lack
of
dynamism
in
the
political
leadership
has
so
far
hindered
the
progress
of
integration,.
Mr.
Dell’s
lucid
prose
and
comprehensive
analysis
leads
one
to
conclude
with
him,
that
integration
can
only
take
place
within
the
context
of
fundamental
political
and
social
change
in
Latin
America.
A
strong
political
will
is
necessary
if
the
peoples
and
governments
of
Latin
America
are
to
undertake
both
national
and
regional
co-operative
planning,
and
if
the
latter
is
unrealistic
then
so,
in
the
author’s
opinion,
is
a
common
market.
The
Struggle
for
Syria:
A
Study
of
Post War
Arab
Politics,
1945-1958.
Patrick
Seale.
Oxford
University
Press
for
the
R.I.I.A.,
1965,
42/-.
The
Arab
Cold
War,
1958-1964:
A
Study
of
Ideology
in
Politics.
Malcolm
Kerr.
Oxford
University
Press
for
the
R.I.I.A.,
1965,
10/6.
Middle
Eastern
Affairs.
No. 4.
Edited
by
Albert
Hourani.
Oxford
University
Press,
1965,
25/-,
(St.
Antony’s
Papers,
No.
17).
Since
the
end
of
the
Second
World
War
the
internal
and
external
affairs
of
the
so-called
&dquo;Third
World&dquo;
have
posed
fascinating
if
not
unique
problems
to
students
of
international
relations.
Perhaps
the
most
interesting
of
these
problems
have
stemmed
from
the
confrontation
of
the
divergent
political
and
ideological
forces
operating
in
the
contemporary
Arab
world.
The
three
books
here
reviewed,
along
with
many
of
the
recent
scholarly
Western
interpretations
of
these
forces,
owe
much
to
the
encouragement
of,
and
the
facilities
supplied
by,
the
Warden
and
Fellows
of
St.
Antony’s
College,
Oxford - in
particular,
the
stimulating
guidance
of
Mr.
Albert
Hourani,
director
of
the
College’s
Middle
East
Centre.
Patrick
Seale,
the
Middle
East
correspondent
of
The
Observer,
has
attempted
both
to
untangle
the
complexities
of
Syrian
politics
and
to
illustrate
the
key
role
which
Syria
has
played
in
Middle
Eastern
affairs.
during
&dquo;the
dozen
years
or
so
after
the
Second
World
War
when
Arabs
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