Letters to Australia, Volume 2

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.

• Part 1: decolonisationColonial trusteeship – end or beginningStrategy and welfare in Australian colonial policyTrusteeship and annexationIdeals and practicalities in New Guinea policyTrusteeship in Western Samoa: interview with Dr Guy ChapmanDutch policing and Dutch policy in IndonesiaThe Indonesian question before the United NationsAustralia’s record in New Guinea under scrutinyPart 2: continents and regionsEuropeThe Potsdam Conference and the new governments in EuropeThe Potsdam Agreement and the future of Europe IThe Potsdam Agreement and the future of Europe IIPotsdam Agreement – implications for Poland, Germany, other European countriesThe Italian peace or the first prodigal’s returnBritain’s first line of defenceWestern view of the Franco regimeThe problem of fascist SpainThe Danube – and all thatThe fall and rise of General FrancoThe Labour rebellionRealism in British foreign policyThe Greek tragedyThe second Labour rebellionFirst aid or last rites for Britain – the American choiceAnglo-French alliance and the British CommonwealthWhat price France?Jan Masaryk – a European tragedyWhat the walrus said – European securityHow to win friends and influence people – some thoughts on the Italian electionsChurchill and the dream of a united EuropeFor both peace and war – Churchill’s concept of European unionTwo’s a duel, three’s a brawl – who’s who in Germany and JapanThe Near and the Middle EastTurkey and PersiaPersia challenges Soviets over AzerbaijanSoviet-Persian conflictPalestine conferenceBritish famine and corn in EgyptA study of oil on troubled watersPalestine partition before UNO – the second phaseThe last holy warThe odds in PalestineNon-intervention in Palestine – with some reflections on republican SpainThe truce in PalestineCeasefire in PalestineAsiaWanted – a Potsdam for AsiaThe month in TokyoDemocracy and power in occupied JapanUK, Australia protest decision to permit Japanese resumption of whalingDemocracy on the march – in JapanThe challenge of IndiaAn experiment in Marshall diplomacyThe Vietnamese claim for VietnamMacArthur calls for end of Japan occupationTrade and the flag in occupied JapanThe devil in east AsiaAustralia and the Pacific regionAustralia and imperial foreign policyAustralian defence and Pacific peacemakingAustralia and the Pacific SettlementThe South Pacific ConferenceDr Evatt and US policy in the PacificThe 40-hour week and the crisis of democracyThe AmericasCoal strike in the USAmerican labour – prospect and retrospectThe Monroe Doctrine and the American centuryThe American hemisphere and the American centuryUn-American activitiesAround PanamaIdeals and power in American diplomacyAntarctica and the Falklands – South American powers challengeThe tragedy of American aidIn quest of an American foreign policyWith intent towards all, and malice towards nonePart 3: the jurisprudence of international relationsPeace and peaceful settlementWorld order and human rightsTo veto or not to vetoIdeologies, bad manners and good diplomacyCrime and punishment in the international communityBig states, little states, beggarmen and thievesThe importance of defeatAustralian proposal for international court on human rightsPeace and change in the peace treatiesUS accepts jurisdiction of International Court of JusticeNuremberg Trial – the question of aggressionHuman rights and human wrongs‘Bless thee, UNO, bless thee, thou art translated!’ – commentary on the Marshall Plan for the United NationsInternational law in the South American jungleUNO and super UNO – proposal for a supreme international councilRevision of the veto – the Little Assembly of the United NationsFederate or perish – the call for a federal union of world statesPart 4: signing off on the 1940s – overview and insightThe un-American committee on un-American activities – the problem of intellectual freedom, with a note on the assassination of Count BernadotteOn the steps of the Palais de Chaillot – the problem of indoctrinationWorld conflict and race conflictThe British heritage – with a ‘back-in-a-year’ greeting to listenersA glossary of conferences, organisations, reports and treatiesIndex