The Second Chance AMERICA AND THE PEACE Contents Introduction, by JOHN B. WHTTTON 1 PARTI 1. AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY RETROSPECT AND PROS PECT, by GORDON A. CRAIG 8 Last time. Next time. Alternatives to world-wide collaboration. Conclusion. 2. WORLD ORDER AND THE GREAT POWERS, by GERHART NIEMEYER 30 The end of power politics The leadership of the Big Three. Russia and the West. Methods of peace. The limitation of international power. International organization for what Outlines of an international organization. 3. ...
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The Second Chance AMERICA AND THE PEACE Contents Introduction, by JOHN B. WHTTTON 1 PARTI 1. AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY RETROSPECT AND PROS PECT, by GORDON A. CRAIG 8 Last time. Next time. Alternatives to world-wide collaboration. Conclusion. 2. WORLD ORDER AND THE GREAT POWERS, by GERHART NIEMEYER 30 The end of power politics The leadership of the Big Three. Russia and the West. Methods of peace. The limitation of international power. International organization for what Outlines of an international organization. 3. INSTITUTIONS OF WORLD ORDER, by JOHN B. WHITTON 68 Basic principles. Nature of the new world organi zation. Functions corrective measures restrictive measures suppressive measures. ProblemsAre sanc tions workable Determination of aggressor Do sanc tions mean war 4. ECONOMICS AND PEACE, by FRANK D. GRAHAM 115 The philosophy of mercantilism. Peace must come first The minimal economic conditions of peace full employment access to raw materials control of monopolies. Protective tariffs international monetary mechanism international investment. Conclusion. 1194058 FEB4 R T n 5. THE S N ffc AND THE PEACE, WTTH A NOTE ON SOVER EIGNTY byfiDWABD S. COBWIN 143 The treaty-making authority splits into two authori ties. Self - corrective powers of the Constitution. The executive agreement. President and Congress versus the recalcitrant one-third plus one. Legislative ap proval preferable today to Senatorial approval. The Senates dilemma. Summary. Note on Sovereignty. 6. PUBLIC OPINION AND THE PEACE, by JEROME S. BRUNER 177 The bases of opinion on foreign policy. Foreign pol icy the peoples version. The machinery of collective action. Dominance and sovereignty. Certain dangers. Someconclusions. 7. AMERICAN IDEALS AND THE PEACE, by GEORGE F. THOMAS 198 Our belief in progress. Americas destiny national ism or internationalism The basis of world order justice and force. The moral basis of peace. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 225 INDEX 229 Introduction BY JOHN B. WHITTON . AMERICANS hate war and fervently hope that somehow the world may be freed from war and the threat of war. But they are by no means agreed on the best way of attaining this goal. There is no dearth of plans and blueprints. Books and articles are appearing every week telling us how to win the peace and these are being discussed throughout the nation. The American people are giving far more serious thought to post war problems than they did during the last war. As a result, we have achieved a somewhat clearer idea of the many ob stacles that lie in our path, and of the dangerous impractica bility of such oversimplified formulas as self-determination and disarmament. Since a more enduring peace depends so largely upon informed public opinion, in our country and in other countries, our awakening interest in the problem of the post-war settlement is encouraging. But interest and debate will not suffice. If America is to con tribute what she can and must contribute to the establishment of a peaceful world order, American voters, in whom political power ultimately resides, must realize more clearly than they do now the basic issues of the present crisis and the advantages and disadvantages of alternative policies. This volume attempts to clarify some of these issues and to state as realistically as possible what, in our opinion, America should do to get rid of war and the threat of war. The authors are all members of thePrinceton Group for the Study of Post-War International Problems. This Group was organized in January 1943 at the suggestion of Professor Ralph Barton Peny, chairman of tie Universities Committee, which has en couraged the onmtioa of similar faculty committees through out the country. T Princeton Group has been fortunate in JOHN B...
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