Book Reviews: 1951 Annual Review of United Nations Affairs. Edited by CLYDE EAGLE-TON and RICHARD N. SWIFT. (New York: New York University Press. 1952. Pp. viii, 278. $4.50.)

DOI10.1177/106591295200500411
Published date01 December 1952
Date01 December 1952
Subject MatterArticles
664
inces
started
a
spontaneous
mass
exodus;
later,
mass
deportations
and
expulsions
became
the
order
of
the
day.
Von
Dirksen
passionately
deplores
the
fate
of
these
millions
of
expellees
living
in
Western
Germany
and
he
fully
shares
their
irredentist
hopes.
Throughout
his
book,
however,
he
never
mentions
the
fact
that
when
German
troops
invaded
Poland,
at
least
1,500,000
Poles
were
deported;
neither
does
he
find
a
word
of
sym-
pathy
for
the
6,000,000
Jews
exterminated
by
the
Nazi
regime.
These
omis,
sions
considerably
weaken
the
moral
validity
of
his
indignation.
On
the
whole,
Moscow,
Tokyi,
London
can
hardly
be
considered
an
important
historical
source
or
human
document.
The
crucial
period
covered
by
the
author
is
treated
in
rather
a
superficial
manner
and
his
personality
does
not
emerge
either
as
eminent
or
high
minded.
New
York
City,
New
York.
JOSEPH
B.
SCHECHTMAN.
1951
Annual
Review
of
United
Nations
Affairs.
Edited
by
CLYDE
EAGLE-
TON
and
RICHARD
N.
SWIFT.
(New
York:
New
York
University
Press.
1952.
Pp.
viii,
278.
$4.50.)
This
yearly
reference
work
(the
present
volume
is
the
third)
is
a
collection
dealing
with
discussions,
disputes,
and
activities
of
the
United
Nations
and
with
certain
aspects
of
its
organization
and
procedure.
Each
volume
has
differed
from
the
previous
one
in
detail,
and
each
has
shown
improvement.
The
present
number
touches
on
more
aspects
of
United
Nations
affairs.
The
&dquo;audience
discussions&dquo;
of
the
Institute
for
Annual
Review
of
United
Nations
Affairs,
which
follow
the
presentation
of
various
topics,
were
led
by
the
two
editors
of
the
present
volume
and
by
Waldo
Chamberlin
and
Carlos
Salamanca
(New
York
University)
and
Anne
Winslow
(Carnegie
Endowment
for
International
Peace).
The
pages
devoted
to
Documentation
are
of
unusual
value;
and
the
subject
of
Non-Governmental
Organizations
and
Their
Relations
with
the
United
Nations,
treated
for
the
first
time,
seems
especially
well
handled
- and
much
needed.
The
topic
&dquo;Developing
the
World’s
Resources&dquo;
enlarges
considerably
on
previous
analyses
of
this
subject.
The
Secretariat
has
been
one
of
the
major
divisions.
The
presentation
by
Byron
Price
in
the
present
volume
develops
the
full
stature
of
this
organ;
it
brings
out
the
almost
invariably
neglected
fact
that
the
role
of
the
Secretariat
is
not
confined
to
&dquo;errand-boy&dquo;
functions,
but
was
meant
to
be,
and
is,
a
dynamic
and
responsible
one
having
marked
implications
for
the
funda-
mental
purposes
of
the
United
Nations.
J.
WILLIAM
ROBINSON.
Whittier
College.

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