Book Reviews and Notices : Comments, 1944,1948. BY HAROLD NICOLSON. (London: Constable & Co. 1948. Pp. x, 305. 8s 6d.)

• Author: Leslie C. Green
• DOI: 10.1177/106591294900200337
• Published date: 01 September 1949
• Date: 01 September 1949
• Subject Matter: Articles

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China, The Far East and the Future
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BY GEORGE W. KEETON. (London:
Stevens and Sons. 1949. 2nd edition. Pp. xi, 511. 21s.)
Professor Keeton is well known to students of far eastern affairs by
reason of his earlier and basic work, The Development of Extraterritoriality
in China, which appeared in 1928. The more recent study, here under
review, is a broad survey of modern far eastern history and politics. China
occupies the center of the stage, but there are also chapters on the coun-
tries of Southeast Asia, on Korea, and on the contemporary policies of
the great powers in the Pacific area. The present edition presents a re-
vision and an expansion of the book first published in 1943.
Perhaps it should be said at once that the rather alarming title appears
to be the work of the publisher rather than the author, for in reality
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