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The Background to Current Affairs

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  • © 1958

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  1. D. W. Crowley
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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Britain and the Post-War World

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      Pages 1-17

  3. Internationalism in the Post-War World

    1. The Commonwealth — A Family of Nations

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      Pages 18-36

    2. Emergent Commonwealth — I. British Colonial Policy

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      Pages 37-51

    3. Emergent Commonwealth — II. Some of the more Prominent New Members

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      Pages 52-68

    4. Black and White: The Racial Problem

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      Pages 69-109

    5. The United Nations

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      Pages 110-127

    6. The World Divided — I. Communism

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      Pages 128-150

    7. The World Divided — II. NATO

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      Pages 151-171

    8. No Man’s Land — Germany

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      Pages 172-201

    9. Supranationalism: The European Movement

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      Pages 202-221

  4. Nationalism in the Post-War World

    1. The New Giant in the Far East: Communist China and Her Neighbours

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      Pages 222-251

    2. Sub-Continent Divided: India, Pakistan, Ceylon

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      Pages 252-275

    3. Power-Vacuum: South East Asia

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      Pages 276-297

    4. The Middle East — I: The Arabs and the West

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      Pages 298-330

    5. The Middle East — II: Periphery.

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      Pages 331-348

    6. The American Continents

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      Pages 349-361

  5. The Future

    1. The Problem of Nuclear Weapons

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      Pages 362-374

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 375-390
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