Dynamics of International politics/ by Norman J. Padeford and George A. Lincoln

In his introduction to The Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill expresses a hope that the new generation will "repair some of the errors of former years and thus govern, in accordance with the needs and glory of man, the awful unfolding scene of the future." That "unfolding scene" of the nineteen sixties and seventies seems destined to present critical choices and decisions which Americans and other free men must make under the on-going impact of revolutionary changes.
This book has grown out of the volume entitled International Politic which we wrote in 1954. It is not a revision of that work, however. It is a new book that has emerged out of our separate and joint observation, reflec tion and exchanges of thoughts as the decade of the 1960's has burst upon

us. This present endeavor is keyed to the general themes of the dislocation of traditional power relationships, the changing meaning of strength and power, the new international order (as well as disorder) that is emerging and the need for understanding the trends of the racing changes taking place in the world. In addition, particular stress is placed upon the major problems that can be foreseen occupying the attention of states in the 1900-1975 period.