Neither War Nor Peace [antikvár]

Preface This book was essentially completed by April 1959, and only small changes were added up to the autumn of that year. Since the end of 1959 events have not stood still. Books on international politics cannot compete for the latest news with the daily press. Such value as this book possesses, derives from the analysis of international conflicts and of some of the forces underlying them, illustrated by the general course of world politics since the Second World War. However, with the publication of a new edition in 1962, it does seem desirable briefly to mention the main events of the last three years. I have therefore added an Epilogue. Inevitably, some observations in earlier chapters, especially in those concerned with Africa, have lost their point as a result of recent events. I have however decided not to make changes in the original chapters. Readers are asked to forgive the consequent minor discrepancies. The original book contained an Appendix on African Constitutions. This is now seriously out of date. Constitutions in several territories are at present in process of change. There is nothing less useful than a half-obsolete appendix, and I have therefore decided to omit it altogether. The main problems raised in the original last chapter (Problems of Western Policy) have not, I think, lost their importance, or come noticeably nearer to solution, nor have my own attitudes to them changed. London, May 1962