Britannica Book of the Year 1972 (Events of 1971)

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• EDITORE: Encyclopaedia Britannica
• AUTORE: AA.vv.
• ANNO DI PUBBLICAZIONE: 1972

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In INGLESE.

1971 was an epic year, filled with events that may change the course of history for decades to come. It marked "The End of the Postwar World," and that is the title of a major article in this 1972 Britannica Book of the Year by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Theodore H. White.

White's perceptive report, which begins on page six, is one of three feature articles written exclusively for this, the 34th edition of the Book of the Year. The others were prepared by Dr. Gunnar Myrdal, distinguished Swedish economist and author, and Sir Robert Menzies, Australia's senior statesman.

In 1971, the events involving China were of major significance. Theodore H. White, who was a correspondent in mainland China for six years, analyzes and reports on the emergence of that huge Communist nation as a major world power. The first overt break in the long-time isolation of China came with Peking's decision to admit a U.S. table tennis team, a move described by some observers as "Ping-Pong diplomacy."

Later there was a secret visit to Peking by Henry Kissinger, President Richard Nixon's top national security advisor. Then came the announcement by President Nixon of his intent to visit China. And finally, toward the end of the year, there was the vote at the United Nations which expelled Taiwan and admitted mainland China to membership.

White also reports on another major news story of 1971-the rapid changes in the U.S. and world economic situation. In the the United States there were the continuing problems of inflation and unemployment, and then the big new development -the wage and price freeze. Repercussions from U.S. actions involving the value of the dollar and import taxes were felt around the world, and White reports the demise of America's trading power.

All of this was a prelude to another American political campaign, and White-who wrote the "Making of the President" books-looks ahead at the presidential prospects for 1972.

While the attention of the world was focused on the immediate issues of China and the economy, a problem of continuing concern was the poverty of the Third World.

Gunnar Myrdal, who is a leading authority on developing nations, examines some false assumptions the more developed nations have made in dealing with this problem. It is only within the last decade, Myrdal writes, that world poverty has emerged as a critical world issue.

Despite massive aid programs, the social and economic conditions in the poor countries are not much different now than they were before World War II, Myrdal says. He contends that aid programs have enriched the urban elite in these nations, but have offered little help to the poverty-stricken masses in urban and rural slums.