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Originally published in 1961, this is an extremely valuable contribution to the understanding of contemporary international institutions and the working of the British system of government. It deals with the problems presented to British Government Departments by the emergence in the post-war world of a number of new international organisations which are concerned with European recovery and integration and with the development of the Atlantic Community of Nations. This book traces the British share in the creation of the Council of Europe, OEC, NATO, and WEU, and deals with the relations

This re-issued work, first published in 1959, is a collection of essays by British historian Max Beloff, designed to help us to understand and interpret the political problems of the twentieth century. The essays are divided into three key areas: the challenges and limitations of interpretation from a historian's perspective, the appropriate scale for political activity and organisation in the modern world, and the emergence of the United States of America as the most powerful nation on the planet

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 1 Gorbachev's Economic Revolution: The Realities of Perestroika -- 2 Transnational Armenian Activism -- 3 The Soviet Crisis -- 4 The New Russian Revolution: The Military Dimension -- 5 Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe -- 6 Security and Co-operation in Europe: The View from the East -- 7 Russia-Crimea-Ukraine: Triangle of Conflict -- 8 Power and Politics in Central Asia's New Republics -- 9 The Price of Freedom: The Criminal Threat in Russia, Eastern Europe and the Baltic Region -- 10 Conflicts in the Caucasus: Russia's War in Chechnya -- Name Index

This re-issued work, first published in 1959, is a collection of€essays by British€historian€Max Beloff, €designed to help us to understand€and interpret the political problems of€the twentieth century. The essays are divided into three key areas: the€challenges and limitations of interpretation from a historian's perspective, the appropriate scale for political activity and organisation in the modern world, and the emergence of the United€States of America as the most powerful nation on the planet.