Book Reviews : Documentary Textbook on the United Nations. By J. EUGENE HARLEY. (Los Angeles: Center for International Understanding. 1950. Second Edition. Pp. 1,414. $12.50.)
| Author | Linden A. Mander |
| Published date | 01 September 1951 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591295100400312 |
| Date | 01 September 1951 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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many,
and
the
United
States
on
the
other.
While
the
discussion
of
Russian-Iranian
relations
may
seem
unduly
emphasized,
this
overemphasis
is
justifiable
when
the
reader
compares
the
amount
and
extent
of
Russian
propaganda.
By
contrast
the
British
propaganda
is
negligible
and
the
American
nonexistent.
Lenczowski
does
a
very
creditable
job
in
his
study
of
these
opposing
propaganda
methods
and
techniques.
During
1942-1945
he
was
press
attach6
at
the
Polish
legation
in
Teheran,
and
the
most
in-
formative
part
of
the
book
is
the
portion
devoted
to
that
period.
The
story
he
tells
is
old,
but
the
narrative
of
the
war
years
and
the
postwar
events
to
1948-the
British-Soviet
invasion,
the
occupation,
the
Soviet
intrigue
and
manipulation
for
an
oil
concession,
the
significance
of
the
uprisings
in
Azerbaijan
and
Kurdistan,
and
the
entrance
of
the
United
States
into
the
Iranian
picture-makes
interesting
reading.
The
feeling
seems
to
persist,
however,
that
more
stories
behind
the
facts
could
have
been
presented.
The
Iranian
fight
in
the
United
Nations
might
have
received
more
attention,
providing,
as
it
did,
another
arena
outside
of
Iran
proper
where
the
aims
of
the
opposing
ideologies
could
have
been
analyzed
with
documentary
corroboration.
The
relations
of
Iran
with
her
Arabian
neighbors
are
not
fully
explored
and
could
have
offered
further
interesting
sidelights.
Documentary
sources
seem
scant.
Iran
is
part
and
parcel
of
the
new
world
rivalry-a
rivalry
based
upon
ideological
differences
and
employing
entirely
different
techniques
from
those
of
the old
imperialistic
rivalry
for
prestige
and
territory.
As
George
V.
Allen,
a
former
American
ambassador
to
Iran,
writes
in
the
preface,
it
is
not
a
rivalry
between
great
powers,
but
&dquo;a
rivalry
between
big
ideas.&dquo;
,,
7
T
T
VICTOR
J. TOWN.
Santa
Barbara
College.
Documentary
Textbook
on
the
United
Nations.
By
J.
EUGENE
HARLEY.
(Los
Angeles:
Center
for
International
Understanding.
1950.
Second
Edition.
Pp.
1,414.
$12.50.)
In
this
second
edition,
Professor
Harley
has
considerably
enlarged
his
volume
of
documents.
A
reviewer
can
scarcely
do
better
than
indicate
the
author’s
list
of
additions
and
changes
which
include
a
new
chapter
on
&dquo;Regionalism
and
the
United
Nations,&dquo;
new
materials
on
the
work
of
the
League
of
Nations
and
of
the
transition
from
the
League
to
the
U.N.,
a
digest
of
the
disputes
handled
by
these
two
organizations,
a
table
of
forty-four
vetoes
in
the
Security
Council,
recent
developments
in
the
work
of
the
U.N.
and
its
specialized
agencies,
a
list
of
cases
decided
by
&dquo;the
three
world
courts,&dquo;
and
a
list
of
achievements
of
the
U.N.
to
the
date
of
publication.
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