The renowned diplomat and historian was invited to deliver six lectures on the problem of the newly independent states of Asia and Africa. The period (1945-1957) during which these states emerged as members of the international community was revolutionary in the widest sense which shaped their structure and determined their problems. These problems were of unexampled complexity. This is an essential reading for any student, researcher, historian, political scientist, strategist and diplomat working on Afro-Asian states.