The State of the World: Reflections on Peace and War in Our Time

First edition, first impression. Book manufactured to War Economy Standards. 264pp. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Boards slightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Text block edges mildly dust marked and spotted. Internally, the pages are a little less than bright, else neat, clean and tight. In the words of the author, this book is a short natural history of nationalism, the most pressing problem on the time. But it is more than that. It is also a report on the private life of the nation state by a writer whose approach and method differ from those of the political scholar. It reveals dark outlines and intimate connections with the politics of daily life. A hard to find title.