Map: Federal Union of the Democracies of the North Atlantic (1939)
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Map: Federal Union of the Democracies of the North Atlantic (1939)
Union Now was a book by journalist Clarence Streit calling for a federal union of fifteen of the world's major democracies. The first edition of the book was published in 1939. The book attracted public attention to world federalist and Atlanticist ideas and helped lay the groundwork for the efforts of Streit's organization Federal Union, Inc. (which later became the Association to Unite the Democracies).
Full link to the book: UNION NOW: A Proposal for a Federal Union of the Democracies of the North Atlantic
Summary
The Federal Union of the Democracies of the North Atlantic was to be formed by a “nucleus” of fifteen nations where regarded as relatively mature democracies: The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. This union was to be organized roughly along the lines of the federal system of the United States: while some power would be ceded to the newly established central authority, each nation would retain some measure of sovereignty. Nations that the federation deemed worthy of membership would be added subsequently on the basis of their commitment to democracy, with the hope that the union would eventually come to encompass the entire globe.
A map of the proposed Federal Union of the Democracies of the North Atlantic
Union Now was a book by journalist Clarence Streit calling for a federal union of fifteen of the world's major democracies. The first edition of the book was published in 1939. The book attracted public attention to world federalist and Atlanticist ideas and helped lay the groundwork for the efforts of Streit's organization Federal Union, Inc. (which later became the Association to Unite the Democracies).
Full link to the book: UNION NOW: A Proposal for a Federal Union of the Democracies of the North Atlantic
Summary
The Federal Union of the Democracies of the North Atlantic was to be formed by a “nucleus” of fifteen nations where regarded as relatively mature democracies: The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. This union was to be organized roughly along the lines of the federal system of the United States: while some power would be ceded to the newly established central authority, each nation would retain some measure of sovereignty. Nations that the federation deemed worthy of membership would be added subsequently on the basis of their commitment to democracy, with the hope that the union would eventually come to encompass the entire globe.
A map of the proposed Federal Union of the Democracies of the North Atlantic