This book, first published in 1960, is an analysis of the turbulent and revolutionary world politics of the 15 years following the Second World War. It examines the main themes of revolutionary forces, totalitarianism and imperialism, including, in detail, the social questions that lie behind them.
Part
1. The Post-War World, 19451953
1. Europe
2. The Arabs and their
Neighbours
3. Asia Part
2. Forces of Revolution
4. Land and Peasants
5.
Workers and Bourgeois
6. The Intelligentsia
7. The Seizure of Power Part
3.
Totalitarianism
8. The Totalitarian Regime
9. Totalitarianism and Liberty
10.
Totalitarianism and Foreign Policy Part
4. Imperialism
11. Nationalism and
Imperialism
12. European Colonial Policies in Africa
13. Other Imperialisms
14. Racialism Part
5. The World Since Stalin
15. Europe
16. The Arabs and
their Neighbours
17. Asia
18. Latin America
19. Problems of Western Policy
Hugh Seton-Watson