Originally broadcast by the ABC between 1942 and 1972 and re-discovered in 2006, these conversational opinion pieces by jurist Julius Stone take the reader back to the mid-20th century, bringing to life the people, events and the sweep of affairs during World War II and its turbulent aftermath.
More than anyone else at that time, Stone gave Australians a sense that they were part of the world and that they could — and — seek to influence world events. His broadcasts give a unique insight into Australia's changing sense of its place in the world during World War II and the postwar years, and of the hopes and fears of that era.
Julius Stone returned from overseas in early 1950 and quickly resumed broadcasting. Through 1950 and 1951, the issues that attracted his analysis were disarmament, the growth of McCarthyism in the United States, the formal division of Germany, and the war in Korea. The intervention of China, indoctrination, brainwashing and human rights raised by prisoners of the war are covered in many essays.
By:
Mr Julius Stone
Edited by:
Jonathan Stone,
Eleanor Sebel,
Michael Stone
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 250mm,
Width: 176mm,
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781743326084
ISBN 10: 1743326084
Series: Letters to Australia
Pages: 291
Publication Date: 01 May 2019
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Selected contents – over 100 talks in total Editor’s Preface A review of east-west relations, the attack on intellectual freedom in the US, the move to civil rights in the US Doubt, suspicion and dismay in the US polity Jordan annexes Arab Palestine Germany’s will to power Diplomatic machinery and peace – another call for a ‘new UN’ Japan postwar – can there be a peace treaty with all the allies? Germans resurgent, Germany divided Peace and the will to peace UK recognition of China MacArthur and Truman at odds over Formosa Preventive war against the Soviet Union – analysis MacArthur’s leadership in Korea under challenge The dismissal of MacArthur – causes and fallout Truman’s Pacific Pact; Menzies’ view vs. Evatt’s Egypt blockades Suez Rearming the defeated – Japan and Germany The Anglo-Iranian oil dispute – UK policy failure invites Soviet intervention Fear and the political basis of disarmament The Bangkok Conference on UNESCO and Asia Index
Julius Stone (1907–1985) was Challis professor of jurisprudence and international law at the University of Sydney from 1942 to 1972, then adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales, until his death.
