MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORK AND THOUGHT
OF ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE
by Teodoro Tagliaferri (University of Naples Federico II)
No. 17 (January 31th, 2023)
WRITINGS ON THE EMPIRES IN WORLD HISTORY, XIII
Arnold Joseph Toynbee, The Western Community. Sovereignty and the Cold War, in «The
Times», June 21, 1950, p. 5. Letter to the Editor. Dated June 19 (cp.
https://www.academia.edu/71362709/Arnold_Joseph_Toynbee_Sovereignty_and_the_Cold_
War).
“Sir, in the first of your leading articles last Friday morning you refer to those passages in the
Labour Party’s statement which argue that this country’s method of cooperation with other
countries must be by mutual agreement between Governments freely consenting to
determine their actions and their policies according to common and agreed purposes, and
you suggest that, in drawing this line beyond which a rapprochement must not go, those
passages reflect «both British opinion and the facts of British life in the world»”.
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A.J. Toynbee, The Western Community. Sovereignty and the Cold War