Book Reviews and Notices : America's Destiny. By HERMAN FINER. (New York: The Macmillan Company. 1947. Pp. iv, 401. $5.00. )

• Published date: 01 September 1948
• Date: 01 September 1948
• Author: Albert H. Culverwell
• DOI: 10.1177/106591294800100332
• Subject Matter: Articles

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however, may prefer the book without such academic trappings particularly
since its style is well suited for the student who wishes an accurate yet not too
involved survey of American foreign policy. There are a few easy generaliza-
tions like &dquo;American power is unchallenged in the Far East,&dquo; (p. 666).
The erroneous statement concerning the voting procedure of the Security
Council in cases of pacific settlement (p. 500) is in glaring contrast to the
careful scholarship which is characteristic of the book as a whole.
As the first new effort of its kind within two decades this book will find
its most immediate and greatest value as a political science text for intro-
ductory courses in American Foreign Policy. Its presentation of source ma-
terial and authoritative opinion in compact and well-organized form should
also recommend the work to the general reader.
ROBERT E. HOSACK.
University of Idaho.
America’s Destiny.
By HERMAN FINER. (New York: The Macmillan Com-
pany. 1947. Pp. iv, 401. $5.00. )
As an Englishman, now a resident of the United States, the author
presents Britain as the dominant state of the nineteenth century which by
her naval force maintained a balance of power for peace. In the absence
of a strong power, &dquo;nations in proximity to each other have fought ... in
direct proportion of their differences of outlook and interests.&dquo; Since the
United Nations now is not able to use force for the maintenance of peace,
it becomes the responsibility of the United States to exert that force, not
because she is a perfect democracy, but rather because through her power
she alone is able to lead the world to a peaceful solution of its constitutional
problems and disputes.
The diversity of cultures, governments, and wealth has added to the
differences which arise between nations. Hence, there is an imperative
need for positive international organization in tune with a twentieth-century
world. As an immediate solution to our international...