The great powers : essays in twentieth century politics / by Max Beloff.

Originally published: London: Allen and Unwin, 1959.

part 1. The problem for historians: The frontiers of political analysis -- Historians in a revolutionary age -- part 2. Problems of integration: Self-determination reconsidered -- European association ; Britain and Europe -- Europe from Lorraine -- The federal solution in its application to Europe, Asia and Africa -- Problems of international government -- The Russian view of European integration -- part 3. America: Tocqueville and the Americans -- Is there an Anglo-American political tradition? -- Benjamin Franklin -international statesman -- The American way in foreign policy -- The predicament of American foreign policy -- Anti-colonialism in American foreign policy.