Book Reviews : Peace by Investment. By BENJAMIN A. JAVITS. (New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, in association with United Nations World. 1950. Pp. x, 242. $3.50.)

• Date: 01 December 1950
• Published date: 01 December 1950
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295000300413
• Subject Matter: Articles

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BOOK

REVIEWS

Yearbook

of

the

United

Nations,

1947-1948.

DEPARTMENT

OF

PUBLIC

INFORMATION,

UNITED

NATIONS.

(Lake

Success,

New

York:

1949.

Pp.

xix,

1126.

$12.50.)

This,

the

second

Yearbook

of

the

United

Nations,

gives

a

detailed

account

of

the

Organization

from

June

30,

1947

to

the

opening

of

the

third

regular

session

of

the

General

Assembly

on

September

21,

1948.

In

addition,

there

is

a

brief

historical

introduction,

and

a

background

summary

is

provided

for

each

of

the

particular

aspects

of

the

work.

References

are

also

made

to

the

original,

more

extensive

treatment

in

the

1946-1947

Yearbook.

Particularly

helpful

to

those

engaged

in

research

is

the

splendid

documentation,

the

chief

improvement

over

the

previous

Yearbook.

This

volume

is

divided

into

two

parts.

The

first

part

deals

with

the

principal

organs

and

their

activities

and

encompasses

814

pages,

a

little

less

than

three-fourths

of

the

entire

volume;

the

second

part

covers

the

specialized

agencies

in

169

pages.

The

appendices

and

the

general

index

constitute

the remainder.

The

appendices

contain

the

Charter

and

Statute,

a

roster

of

members,

a

selected

bibliography,

and

a

United

Nations

&dquo;who’s

who.&dquo;

The

high

level

of

objective

and

clear

reporting

for

which

the

United

Nations

Department

of

Public

Information

is

noted

is

main-

tained

in

this

work.

The

utility

of

the

section

on

the

second

regular

session

of

the

General

Assembly

could

have

been

improved

by

including

in

the

contents

references

to

the

particular

subjects

treated;

otherwise

the

editing

and

guides

are

excellent.

These

Yearbooks

are

indispensable

to

the

teacher

of

international .

relations;

they

are

extremely

useful

for

student

reference

as

well

as

for

interested

laymen

and

men

of

public

affairs.

CHARLES

P.

SCHLEICHER.

University

of

Oregon.

Peace

by

Investment.

By

BENJAMIN

A.

JAVITS.

(New

York:

Funk

and

Wagnalls

Company,

in

association

with

United

Nations

World.

1950.

Pp.

x,

242.

$3.50.)

There

has

been

a

growing

recognition

in

the

postwar

era

that

the

problem

of

securing

peace

depends

largely

upon

America’s

willingness

to

invest,

and

invest

heavily,

in

peace.

Peace

by

Investment

is

an

indication

of

this

recognition.

There

is

nothing

timorous

about

the

author.

He

asks

that

the

United

States

invest

roughly

twenty

billion

dollars

a

year

over

a

fifty-year

period

throughout

the

world

to

raise