Evening star., 1945-12-02
War Books
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One turns from the grim books on
war to those dealing with the COM
plicated problems of peace-and
with no uplift in spirit. Present
horror merely gives place to future
uncertainty. To my mind, none OF
the 1945 books on world problems
match in prescience. scope or pene-
tration either William Zif's The
Gentlemen Talk Of Peace" or sum-
ner Welles' "The Time for Decision,
both of which were published last
year, but continued as best sellers
during the early months Of this one.
Perhaps the best Of the current
books on problems Of peace
is william Henry Chamberlin's
America: Partner in World Rule"
Easily the most scholarly and pro-
found of the post-World War corps
of foreign correspondents. Mr..
Chamberlin, who spent many years
in both Europe and the Far East.
finds little cause for comfort in the
world political situation today.
Thoroughly disillusioned, he tells US
frankly that the late war was not
fought to insure peace or democracy,
but was merely recurrent phase in
the goth century struggle for power.
The Atlantic Charter, says Mr..
Chamberlin, was drowned at Yalta
and buried at San Francisco. Ger
man imperialism, he Is convinced,
has been downed only to make room
for the Russian brand. He foresees
q long period of struggle between
Russia and America, with Great
Britain as our junior partner. Not
q soothing outlook.
Remakins Germany
In Main Streets New NeighbOrs,"
Melvin X. Whiteleather, for many
years an Associated Press corre-
spondent abroad, examines recent
world history and Americas foreign
relations. Particularly interesting
are his conclusions regarding Ger
many. He holds that whatever we
do in the Reich will be wrong. for
mo lasting solution can come
through the outside through impo-
sition. The Germans will have to
try to save their own soul, and they
cannot hurriedly be showed into
trying to do it,
Other worthwhile books of the
year in the general field of peace
problems are Mr.. Welles' encyclo-
pedic Guide to the Peace" 'Ameri-
cas- Far Eastern Policy" by T. A.
Bison, a scholarly history and
examination of our course in the
Orient; Pearl Bucks Tell the Peo-
Pile" a plea for world understanding.
and Merlo J. Pusey's Big Govern
ment: Can We Control It?" an
examination of domestic problems
resulting from the war.
Also of interest are The Basis Of
Lasting Peace" an examination OF
proposed peace machinery by two
well-known statesmen. Hugh Glib
son and Herbert Hoover; THE Yogi
and the Commissar." by Arthur
Koestler, who holds that leftist ma
terialism Is bankrupt and the worlds
only hope lies in spiritual regenera-
tion; THE Big Three" by David
Dallin. who predicts the dissolution
OF the wartime alliance and the rise
of aggressive Russian imperialism:
THE House Of Europe" Paul Scott
Mowers autobiography, which con-
tains thoughtful study of prewar
Europe with a glance toward the
future, and finally Sigrid Arne's
useful study of is recent interna-
tional conferences and their results.
United Nations Primer"
about the Russians
AS has been true for the last
decade, the presses have turned out
a vast number of books on Soviet
Russia during 194s. They range in
approach from william L. Whites
critical observations in the best
American reportorial tradition, set
out in Report on the Russians" to
Harry F. Wards The Soviet Spirit"
a complete acceptance of the Krem-
Inns estimate of Russia. These Are
the Russians" by Richard E. Lau-
terbach, formerly Life correspondent
in Moscow, is friendly yet fairly
objective study of wartime life in
the Soviet Union. Edgar Snow, in
'The Pattern of Soviet Power" FORE
sees what is rapidly becoming his
tory-the establishment of Soviet
dominated regimes in lands adjacent
to Russia. He views their pattern as