Building the Institutions of Peace: Swarthmore Lecture 1962

ISBN-13: 9780367243883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 110 str.

J. Duncan Wood

Opis

Originally published in 1962, the present lecture is not occasioned by a significant anniversary of William Penn’s 'Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe’, published in 1693, but by the urgent relevance of its ideas to the current international impasse.

Spis treści

Preface.  Biographical Note.  1. The Cave on Mount Horeb  2. From Penn to U.N. – Profit  3. From Penn to U.N – Loss  4. The Sands on which Peace has to be Built  5. East v. West v. the Rest  6. The Dilemmas of International Co-operation  7. The Small Voice of Prophecy.  Appendix I: Extracts from William Penn’s "Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe" (Chapters VII and VIII).  Appendix II: List of Abbreviations used in the Text.

O autorze

J. Duncan Wood