The Politics of World Federation. By Joseph Preston Baratta (Westport: Praeger, 2004. Vol. 1: The United Nations, U.N. Reform, Atomic Control, xiv, 298 pp. Vol. 2: From World Federalism to Global Governance, 527 pp. $150.00/set, ISBN 0-275-98066-9/set.)

Joseph Preston Baratta is an academic historian and a peace activist.