Book Reviews : 1950 Annual Review of United Nations Affairs. Edited by CLYDE EAGLETON and RICHARD N. SWIFT. (New York: New York University Press. 1951. Pp. viii, 265. $4.50.)

• Published date: 01 December 1951
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295100400409
• Date: 01 December 1951
• Author: J. William Kobinson
• Subject Matter: Articles

646

BOOK

REVIEWS

1950

Annual

Review

of

United

Nations

Affairs.

Edited

by

CLYDE

EAGLE-

TON

and

RICHARD

N.

SWIFT.

(New

York:

New

York

University

Press.

1951.

Pp.

viii,

265.

$4.50.)

In

discussing

for

the

Western

Political

Quarterly

(June,

1950)

the

first

volume

of

this

projected

annual

series,

this

reviewer

stated

that

the

1949

book

constituted

the

proceedings

of

the

Institute

for

Annual

Review

of

United

Nations

Affairs.

The

second

volume,

again,

consists

of

the

program

of

the

Institute,

presenting,

however,

less

of

a

conventional

survey

of

the

United

Nations

and

its

major

organs,

and

offering

more

study

of

United

Nations

affairs

during

the

period

under

consideration.

As

a

result,

the

present

volume

will

better

appeal

to

persons

with

specialized

knowledge

of

the

United

Nations.

This

does

not

mean,

however,

that

the

&dquo;general

reader&dquo;

will

not

find

these

pages

timely

and

stimulating.

Chapters

or

sections

include

a

&dquo;Preliminary

Panel

Discussion&dquo;

on

Current

Problems

of

the

United

Nations

(this

is

one

of

the

best

parts

of

the

book);

The

United

Nations

as

a

Whole;

The

General

Assembly;

Recent

Develop-

ments

in

the

Handling

of

International

Disputes;

The

Economic

and

Social

Council;

The

Specialized

Agencies;

a

Panel

Discussion

on

the

Korean

Crisis;

Trusteeship;

The

Secretariat;

Public-Information

Activities;

Docu-

mentation

(again,

as

in

the

first

volume,

an

especially

valuable

section);

The

Place

of

Law

in

the

United

Nations;

United

States

Policy

in

the

United

Nations;

and

a

Final

Panel

Discussion

which

puts

emphasis

on

the

need

for

more

and

better

education

about

the

United

Nations

and

its

work.

T ’nn

r

J.

WILLIAM

KOBINSON.

Whittier

College.

The

Year

Book

of

World

Affairs,

1951.

By

GEORGE

W.

KEETON

and

GEORG

SCHWARZENBERGER,

eds.

(Published

under

the

auspices

of

the

London

Institute

of

World

Affairs.

London:

Stevens

and

Sons

Limited,

1951.

Pp.

ix,

428.

30

shillings.)

This

fifth

annual

volume

of

research

articles

and

book

reviews

deserves

a

place

on

the

desk

of

the

specialist

in

international

relations

and

in

modern

history.

The

lead

article

by

Sir

Alexander

Cadogan,

The

United

Nations:

A

Balance

Sheet,

suggests

&dquo;more

or

less

as

a

theoretical

exercise&dquo;

that

it

would

have

been

and

in

case

of

Charter

revision

might

still

be

desirable

for

the

Security

Council

to

have

some

positive

economic

and

social

functions

as

well

as

its

negative

one

of

&dquo;maintaining

the

peace&dquo;;

and

almost

inevitably

the

&dquo;abuse&dquo;

of

the

veto

power

by

the

Soviet

delegate