&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:OneWorldWilkie.jpg) First edition (publ. Simon & Schuster) | |
| Author | Wendell Willkie |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction, travelogue |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1943 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 206 |
One World is a manifesto and a travelogue written by Wendell Willkie, a liberal Republican, about his seven-week, 31,000-mile tour. Originally published in April 1943, it advocates for an end to colonialism, world federalism, and equality for non-whites in the United States.
One World inspired the One World movement and the World Federalist Movement — which included among its supporters Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru —and advocated strong and democratic super-national institutions. That wave of thinking foretold the postwar international order, including the United Nations System, but was also very critical of the postwar order and the UN, claiming it is insufficient to avoid another world war.
Willkie was accompanied on his tour by, among others, the publisher and editor Gardner Cowles, Jr., who ultimately assisted Willkie in the writing of One World[1] (which was edited by Irita Van Doren).
- ^ Associated Press. "Look Magazine Founder Gardner Cowles," Los Angeles Times (July 09, 1985).