Book Reviews : The World Mission of the United States. By MANOJLO RATKOVICH. (New York: Greenwich Book Publishers, 1959. Pp. 125. $2.75.)
| Published date | 01 June 1960 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296001300244 |
| Date | 01 June 1960 |
| Author | Fred A. Sondermann |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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&dquo;essentially&dquo;
for
the
term
&dquo;solely,&dquo;
by
omitting
the
criterion
of
international
law,
by
introducing
for
the
first
time
the
controversial
word
&dquo;intervene,&dquo;
and,
most
significantly
in
its
effect
upon
the
jurisdiction
of
the
United
Nations,
by
shifting
the
&dquo;domestic
jurisdiction&dquo;
paragraph
to
a
strategic
position
in
Art.
2
of
the
Charter,
making
it
a
potential
inhibition
upon
all
the
powers
of
all
the
organs
of
the
United
Nations.
This
is
one
of
the
worst
examples
in
the
Charter
of
artful
phraseology,
in
which
the
great
progress
so
far
made
in
international
co-operation
seems
to
be
taken
away
by
one
hand
as
it is
given
away
by
the
other.
John
Foster
Dulles,
speaking
for
the
major
powers
who
sponsored
this
para-
graph,
insisted
that
in
this
new
age
of
unpredictable
changes
and
in
the
light
of
the
expanded
activities
to
be
performed
by
the
United
Nations
in
science,
economics,
education,
and
human
rights,
simple
phrases
were
preferable
for
future
usages.
Thus
there
was
introduced,
knowingly
or
otherwise,
a
text
that
is
amenable
to
varied
interpretations
and
that
has
been
the
source
of
a
tug
of
war
between
two
major
theories
about
the
United
Nations
Charter -
static
and
dynamic;
thereby,
an
elastic
Charter
has
been
amended
by
interpretation
and
has
endured.
Equally
important,
by
1956,
in
twenty
major
cases
examined
by
.
the
author
involving
internal
administrations
of
states,
non-self-governing
ter-
ritories,
human
rights
and
fundamental
freedoms,
economic,
social,
and
cultural
matters,
international
control
of
atomic
energy
and
the
jurisdiction
of
the
inter-
national
court
of
justice,
all
of
which
were
brought
before
the
United
Nations
organs,
the
&dquo;domestic
jurisdiction&dquo;
provision
was
interpreted
in
a
liberal
applica-
tion
of
the
principle,
to
the
diminishment
of
state
sovereignty.
For,
during
this
age
of
the
cold
war
of
international
conflict
and
anticolonialism,
when
an
organ
of
the
United
Nations,
impelled,
for
example,
by
pressures
from
the
Afro-Asian
and
Latin-American
states,
is
face
to
face
with
a
problem
affecting
international
peace,
or
is
struggling
to
advance
human
rights,
legal
implications
go
unheeded
in
the
search
for
more
popular,
practical,
political
solutions.
Although
one
could
regret
the
occasional
redundance
of
the
text,
this
is
a
notable
contribution
to
the
subject
of
an
expanding
Charter
in
a
shrinking
world.
University
of
Idaho
E.
MALCOLM
HAUSE
The
World
Mission
of
the
United
States.
By
MANOJLO
RATKOVICH.
(New
York:
Greenwich
Book
Publishers,
1959.
Pp.
125.
$2.75.)
The
author
of
this
book,
a
Yugoslavian
~migr~,
holds
views
on
world
affairs
which
are
strange
and
disturbing.
He
inhabits
a
psychological
universe
in
which
few
of
his
readers
will
find
familiar
landmarks.
He
believes
that
the
United
States
has
the
duty
to
assume
world
leadership
in
an
anti-Communist
crusade,
because
the
entire
history
of
America
is
to
him
&dquo;a
thoughtful
plan
made
by
Universal
Law,
Nature
or
God,
according
to
which
this
continent
has
as
its
ap-
pointed
role
to
take
up
the
leadership
of
all
other
continents
and
nations.&dquo;
The
American
people
are
entitled
to
speak
in
the
name
of
the
entire
world;
an
in-
teresting
piece
of
news,
which
should
be
announced
in
the
form
of
a
&dquo;Declara-
tion
of
Liberty&dquo;
proclaiming
the
right
of
Democracy
to
interfere
in
the
domestic
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