The Great Globe Itself Book By William C. Bullitt 1946 US Ambassador USSR France

Description: 1946. The book is in good shape with some wear to cover and DJ. Some pencil markings. Ships in a box. The Great Globe Itself A Preface to World Affairs by WILLIAM C. BULLITT Mr. Bullitt, United States Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1933 to 1936, and to France from 1936 to 1940, here brings American readers face to face with the facts of world affairs. He describes the present tragic situation of the human race, menaced by the atomic bomb, and suggests a course of action designed to transform the present uneasy armistice into lasting peace. Mr. Bullitt starts with a consideration of the threat to all mankind implicit in the control of atomic energy, pointing out that man is acquiring vastly increased control over the forces of inanimate nature without acquiring any increased control over the forces of his own nature. He traces the development of civilized customs in Western civilization, and shows that the years 1914 to 1946 have been a period of moral decay in international customs, a period of de-civilization; and that our problem is to try to develop and in- tegrate in the international customs of all peoples wisdom and character of the qual ity that hitherto has distinguished the wisest of statesmen and religious leaders. Mr. Bullitt describes the conflict between the vital interests of the Great Powers, especially between the interests of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. He recounts the development of the Russian State from the earliest times to the present day, paying tribute to the superb qualities of the Russian people, but portraying frankly their dictators from Ivan the Terrible to Stalin. He brings to life the different phases of Soviet foreign policy from 1917 to 1946, and shows that the unchanging aim, which lies behind all strategic and practical maneuvers of the Soviet Government, is the conquest of the world for Communism. He describes the Communist Creed of world conquest, and declares that the world will find no peace in appeasement of Stalin. Mr. Bullitt argues that the democratic peoples should support the United Nations to the fullest extent, and should work for the abolition of the veto power which renders it impossible for the United Nations to act against an aggressor Great Power. He believes that, within the United Nations, a European Federation of Democratic States should be created, and that the democracies, while holding out a hand of warm friendship to the peoples of the Soviet Union should for their own preservation-prevent by force, if necessary. further aggressions by the Soviet Govern- ment. Mr. Bullitt expresses the conviction that the most legitimate use of force in the world is to hold the field to permit the growth of moral ideas. He pleads for an effort not only on the part of the Amer ican government, but also on the part of religious leaders of all faiths and creed to lift international morality to such a level that atomic energy may be used, no for the destruction of the human race, but for the construction of a better life than men have ever known. Few books, if any, on world affairs have been so outspoken or so well-documented with facts. It is a book that all thoughtful Americans will find informative, stimulating, constructive...and a call to action. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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