Book Reviews and Notices : International Government. By CLYDE EAGLETON. (New York: The Ronald Press Company. Revised edition, 1948. Pp. xx, 554. $5.00.)

• Author: Josef L. Kunz
• Date: 01 June 1948
• Published date: 01 June 1948
• DOI: 10.1177/106591294800100212
• Subject Matter: Articles

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gether,

they

probably

do

not

exhaust

the

possibilities.

But

what

is

abun-

dantly

clear

is

that

no

orthodox

approach

and

no

analysis

which

stresses

primarily

the

more

formal

issues

of

politics

and

government,

whatever

the

attempt

to

combine

theory

with

factual

observation,

is

likely

today

to

lead

to

a

vital

and

informative

analysis,

or

to

create

a

textbook

which

will

pro-

vide

a

basis

for

adequate

training

of

the

young

citizen,

or

give

him

an

understanding

of

the

political

order

in

which

he

lives

and

the

problems

with

which

he

will

have

to

deal.

These

criticisms

made,

I

feel

it

incumbent

on

me

to

add

that,

granted

occasional

dissents

on

analysis

and

emphasis,

this

work

is,

within

its

own

scope

and

organization,

the

best

written

and

most

thoughtful

of

its

kind

presently

on

the

market.

It

is

judicious;

it

is

not

dull;

it is

frequently

pene-

trating ;

it is

generally

fair

and

informed.

I

have

criticized

it

manifestly

for

what

it

is

not

and

does

not

attempt

to

be,

a

reviewing

tactic

generally

deemed

unfair.

My

point

is

that

it

is

vital

at

the

introductory

level

to

give

students

some

deeper

understanding

of

the

fundamental

issues

of

government

in

society

and

of

the

nature

of

present-day

political

science

than

this

or

any

other

available

text

provides.

Further,

it is

my

conviction

that

the

author

of

this

book

could

do

just

that,

and

should

do

so

as

a

service

to

the

democratic

order

and

to

political

science

itself.

THOMAS

I.

COOK.

University

of

Washington.

International

Government.

By

CLYDE

EAGLETON.

(New

York:

The

Ronald

Press

Company.

Revised

edition,

1948.

Pp. xx, 554.

$5.00.)

The

book

under

review

is

the

revised

edition

of

the

author’s

well-known

work

of

1932,

a

revision

which

the

events

of

the

last

sixteen

years

have

certainly

made

necessary.

The

new

edition

gives

an

up-to-date

picture

of

international

organization.

It

wisely

retains

chapters

on

the

League

of

Nations,

but

gives

also

full

information

on

the

United

Nations

and

the

specialized

agencies.

The

author

makes

use

of

a

vast

literature.

The

ap-

pendices

reprint

the

Covenant,

the

Dumbarton

Oaks

Proposals,

the

Charter

of

the

United

Nations

and

the

Statute

of

the

International

Court

of

Justice.

The

purpose

and

the

general

approach

have remained

the

same.

The

book

is

written

for

colleges

and

for

the

general

reader

and

&dquo;does

not

go

too

far

toward

technical

international

law.&dquo;

But

the

spiritual

atmosphere

is

somewhat

changed.

The

discussion

is

much

more

sober

and

in

harmony

with

reality.

The

author

tries

to

present

the

picture,

in

his

own

words,

&dquo;without

undue

optimism&dquo;

(p.

51).

This

can

be

seen

in

his

discussion

of

such

subjects

as

disarmament,

international

police

and

the

Kellog

Pact.

Especially

his

treatment

of

the

United

Nations

is

thoroughly

critical.

Where-

as

in

the

first

edition

the

doctrine

of

sovereignty

was

&dquo;abandoned,&dquo;

it

is,

in

‘