1st Edition

The World Today

By W.E.F. Ward Copyright 1974
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

The World Today (1974) examines the world of the late twentieth century and its roots – the disintegration of the old world is analysed in the expansion and subsequent decline of nineteenth-century imperialism, and the attempts by the League of Nations and United Nations to bring about a new order on international cooperation.

1. Introduction  2. The United Nations  3. The Century of Imperialism  4. Marxism  5. The Russian Revolution  6. Russia Under Lenin  7. Russia as a Great Power  8. The Independent States of Africa  9. China  10. South-East Asia: Indo-China; Indonesia; Malaysia  11. Israel and the Arabs  12. Ireland

Biography

W.E.F. Ward