Publisher's Synopsis
This book is an attempt to make an overview of the present international currents and cross-currents which are responsible for the making and unmaking of the World Order; it chronicles the innumerable interlinked international situations over the twentieth century and the first decade of the present one, that have shaken and shaped today's world-politics. The book strives to provide a proper understanding of the foundations of the international relations to the readers before moving on to the issues and aspects of contemporary world affairs. The topics covered in the book include discourses on the discipline and selected theories of international relations, the First World War and the Peace Settlement, Hitler and the Second World War, the Cold War World, China in World Politics and the United Nations and its Agencies.
