Book Reviews: Yearbook of the United Nations, 1950. By THE UNITED NATIONS. (New York: Columbia University Press in cooperation with the United Nations. 1951. Pp. xii, 1068. $12.50.)
| Author | Charles P. Schleicher |
| Published date | 01 December 1952 |
| Date | 01 December 1952 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/106591295200500409 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
661
The
thirtieth
chapter,
&dquo;China,
1937-1951&dquo;
appears
not
only
as
the
best
in
the
volume,
but
as
an
excellent
condensed
account
of
the
play
of
forces
during
the
Japanese
invasion,
the
significance
of
the
Yalta
Agreement,
and
the
embittered
civil
war
which
preceded
the
fall
of
Generalissimo
Chiang.
Hardly
less
valuable
is
the
full
treatment
of
the
T’aip’ing
Rebellion
of
1851-1863,
which
foreshadowed
the
great
revolutionary
split
of
the
present
mid-century.
It
is
necessary
not
to
overload
a
text
with
names;
and
the
authors
have
used
judgment
in
selecting
those
for
inclusion
-
though
some
readers
may
question
the
omission
of
Aguinaldo,
the
Filipino
patriot;
or
W.
H.
Donald,
perhaps
the
chief
foreign
influence
upon
Chiang
Kai-Shek;
or
Admirals
Nimitz
and
Halsey,
whose
role
in
victory
was
surely
equal
to
that
of
the
more
flamboyant
MacArthur.
It
might
also
have
been
well
to
mention
the
influence
of
Henry
Luce
and
Walter
Judd
-
along
with
that
of
General
Marshall - in
forming
American
policy
toward
China.
And
future
historians
may
well
decide
that
the
Black
Dragon
Society
-
ignored
in
this
book -
was
a
more
powerful
agent
of
Asian
nationalism
than
the
Boxers.
ALFRED
CROFTS.
University
of
Denver.
Yearbook
of
the
United
Nations,
1950.
By
THE
UNITED
NATIONS.
(New
York:
Columbia
University
Press
in
cooperation
with
the
United
Nations.
1951.
Pp.
xii,
1068.
$12.50.)
The
organizational
pattern
of
the
fourth
Yearbook
follows
that
of
the
1948-49
volume,
but
shifts
from
a
&dquo;General
Assembly&dquo;
to
a
calendar
year
basis.
Part
one
opens
with
an
introductory
section
giving
a
brief
account
of
the
origin
and
development
of
the
organization
through
1950.
Each
of
the
principal
organs
-
their
functions,
structure,
and
organiza-
tional
problems - are
described
in
a
second
section,
while
substantive
problems
relating
to
political
and
security,
economic
and
social,
and
trusteeship
matters,
are
treated
in
three
following
sections.
Part
two
deals
with
the
specialized
agencies.
The
high
level
of
objectivity
and
fullness
of
treatment
established
in
previous
volumes
is
maintained
in
the
fourth.
To
those
familiar
with
its
predecessors,
it
is
unnecessary
to
indicate
the
usefulness
of
this
work
to
anyone
concerned
with
the
United
Nations
system.
The
only
suggestion
which
the
reviewer
would
make
is
that
the
background
of
the
various
substantive
matters
should
be
given
so
that
the
reader
would
be
oriented
without
having
to
refer
to
previous
volumes.
-
..... ,.,
CHARLES
P.
SCHLEICHER.
University
of
Oregon.
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