This is an introduction to world affairs in 1961 and after. It
shows in bold outline how our rather small, increasingly
overpopulated world has come to be dominated by the two giants
powers, the USA and the USSR, with a new class of neutralist
ex-colonial countries holding an increasingly important position.
While Mr Pearson shows the part played by European or Western
influence in creating one world, he also stresses that the outlying
parts of the world are now independent and dynamic, and that they
have their own personality, aspirations and interests. Mr Pearson
begins with the 'European springboard', showing how the Europe of
the sixteenth century and after was a kind of powerhouse sending
out currents of intellectual and political activity all over the
world. Then he goes straight to the USA and the USSR and outlines
their development. Next he turns to the time of European dominance
and imperialism up to 1914; then to the course and effects of the
two world wars; then to the decisive rise of the Asian contenders
for great-power status and the decline of colonialism. Final
chapters outline the history of the Middle East and comment on the
'lands of the future', especially Africa.
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