The background of international relations
Subtitle: our world horizons : national and international
By: by Charles Hodges ...
Series: Half-title: Wiley social science series, ed. by H.P. Fairchild
Publisher: J. Wiley & Sons; Chapman & Hall
Published: 1932
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 743
Subjects: World politics.; International law and relations.; International cooperation.; Economic policy.
Notes: Map and diagram on lining papers.

"Reading references": p. 681-736.
Table of contents: value: I: Windows on the world; value: 1. The realities of world politics; value: 2. The approach to international relations; value: Foundations; value: II: The nations; value: 3. International society in three worlds; value: 4. The conflict of civilizations; value: III: The human setting; value: 5. Environment and national destiny; value: 6. Barrier and highway in world life; value: 7. The human side of world politics; value: IV: The swarming of the nations; value: 8. The westward movement of world power; value: 9. The passing of world frontiers; value: Structures; value: V: The society of nations; value: 10. The family of nations: a modern world institution; value: 11. The law of nations: the legal basis of world life; value: 12. International intercourse: the foreign relations of nations; value: 13. World organization; value: 14. Pre-war international organization; value: 15. Post-war international organization; value: VI: The business of the nations; value: 16. Empires of business: the industrial revolution in world; value: 17. Economic nationalism: its politics and diplomacy; value: 18. Brining international organization to the business world; value: Working forces; value: VII: Nationalism, imperialism and inter-nationalism; value: 19. Modern nationalism: "the idea of country"; value: 20. Imperialism: its characteristics and consequences; value: 21. Internationalism: the nations and the world; value: World horizons; value: VIII: The public and foreign affairs; value: 22. The nerves of world politics: international communications; value: 23. World news: the press and the nations; value: 24. Public opinion in world affairs: the popular control of foreign relations; value: Consequences; value: IX: The nation in arms; value: 25. War in the world of nations: causes and effects; value: 26. The future of force in international society: armament limitation, security, and the outlawry of war; value: 27. International justice: the growth of world law and public right in international society; value: X: The future of international society; value: 28. The prospects of world politics: the conditions of eventual peace.