The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-26
High|ights from
the Latest Books


Publishers are meeting the
boats these days, coralling the
ace war correspondents, return
ing home for brief furloughs
with the result that the market
is full of top-flight, action
packed, inside stories by the ma
tons best journalists. The news
men haven't missed front, and
their books are just as exciting
as the reports they filed for
page one.
These books are particularly
valuable because they tell the
entire story in sequence and be-
cause they provide important
background data for a better
understanding of the war-paSt
present and future.
SPOTLIGHT ON ITALY
What will Italy do now that
war has landed directly on the
doorstep? Crack" is the an
swer United Pressers Reynolds
and Eleanor Packard give in
Balcony Empire (Oxford: $50
reviewing Italy's war since the
Ethiopian conquest.
Mussolini has lost his hold or
the people; the Italians are more
concerned with saving their owl
skins than bringing glory to the
axis. They wage war for profit
for territorial gains, not fol
ideals.
The Packards we're well or
the inside" in Rome, they know
the failings of the people, the
political corruption of the mill
tary and the Vaccinations Of the
Fascist party. Particularly en-
tightening is the chapter on the
Vatican, and its policy in war
This explanation answers many
questions Catholics and non
Catholics of the United Nation:
have been asking.
ACTION IN THE PACIFIC
The facts of Pearl Harbol
have been revealed and the
question where is the fleet
now has an answer. But Rober
J. Casey has another answer II
Torpedo Junction (B o b b
Merrill: $3.50, which covers Tho
Pacific fleet action from Dec.
to the Battle of Midway. Casey
was also in on the Coral Sea en-
gagement, and several bombing
of Jap islands, but Midway wa'
the turning point, the payoff fol
Pearl Harbor.
NO BOMBS BURSTING
James Stokley hasn't beer
under fire in naval battle MOI
lodging bombs in Africa OF
Guadalcanal, but he covers
most important front in Science
Remakes Our World Give!
Washburn: $3.50. The scien
lists will help win the war, ther
20 on to make the peace happier
more comfortable and less ex
pensive.
Some Of Stokley's prediction
would have been deemed fan
tastic few years ago; now the,
await only the end of war L
make them reality.
Stokley, Science Service writ
err, doesn't get too technical ant
succeeds in holding reader In
tcrest throughout.
MESSAGE TO GERMANY
Dorothy Thompson offers
plan for the future peace o
the world, and a World Com
monwealth OF nations in Lis
ten. Hans!" (Houghton Mifflin
S2.5O). She directs her mes
sage not only to Hans-the Ger
man pcople-but to the people
of all nations. including Amer
lea. Her essay is an excellen
exposition of the goals to b'
won in this conflict.
Mexico comes in for its share
of coverage in Betty Kinks i'm
portant background study of thu
land below the Rio Grande
Covering the Mexican Front
(Univ. of Oklahoma Press: S3).
MEN OF THE PRESS
Since ncwspapcrmcn arc OF
the receiving end for a little
publicity, it is opport,ine TO cal
attention TO Post Geographic
of Famous Journalists (Univ
of Georgia Press: so which in
cludes the life stories of % tol
members of the profession. Thu
articles were first printed in thu
Saturday Evening Post. Ro!
Howard. Ed Howe. Hearst, Peg
Ter. Pulitzer are among thos'
singled out for attention.