Milford chronicle., 1959-03-13

alton of the military intervention
of the United States in Siberia in
1918, its failure, and the spread OF
Russian Communist Imperialism
throughout Asia.
A second book of Columbia Uni
versity's expert on Russian history
and affairs, Clarence A. Manning,
entitled Russian Influence On
Early America" 1859 is an in
teresting study of the factual in
cidents surrounding the devious
manipulations of the Russians,
Baranov and Rezanov, the causes
precipitating the issuance of the
Monroe Doctrine, the settlement
of Alaska, and the subsequent pur-
chase thereof by the United States.
This is a highly readable and
well documented study and will
give understanding and enlight-
ment in connection with Russia s
aim, past, present and future. The
admission of Alaska as a state
makes this an important book to
read.
Marguerite Higgins in RED
Plush and Black Bread" (1955)
gives an eyewitness account OF
Russia as she saw it and Soviet
policy as she experienced it in
two and half months of travel
over nearly $4,000 miles. She is the
American woman reporter who
served so well in Korea. She writes
in reportoriaI style and the incl
dents and anecdotes reveal the at
tudes and conditions inside the
Soviet Union.
Dorsey D.. Jones, author of RUS
sia: A Concise History" (1955) is
a professor of history at the Uni
versity of Arkansas. He contends
that the transformation which the
USSR is undergoing will affect pro-
foundly the history of the world
and he holds that we cannot be ig-
norant of Russian history. His book
covers Russia from the earliest
days - some 500 years before the
Christian era when the Cifnmerians
were a people living in perpetual
darkness" along the European
shores of the Black Sea, and it
continues down through World
War III and the Soviet Union of to-
day.
The book contains suggested
reading lists and Doctor Jones
notes that the student will realize
the difficulty in finding books that
are free of bias but he will get good
training in critical historical
method by careful consideration
of the disparities which exist in
the writings of the most trust
worthy.
Maksim M. Litvinov's "Notes for
a Journal" with predatory note
by General Walter Bedell Smith
(1955) are notes purportedly die
tated by one of the leaders of mod
ern Russia who was well acquaint-
ed with the Western World.
The entries cover period from
1926 to 1851, and give an excellent
picture of how a modern Russian
thinks.
Harrison Salisbury, the New York
Times reporter, in his american
in Russia" (1955) gives his per-
sonal story of five years, 1949-1954,
spent in Russia as a newspaper
correspondent. He notes the
changes made in the Soviet Union
by Stains death and describes life
in Russia from the Caucasus to
Siberia. This is an interesting and
easily read book.
Nicholas Voiniv writing anono-
mously in "The Waif" Q955) de-
scribes his life as child when he
was snatched from his comfortable
home during the arrest of his Ia
ther. His subsequent experiences as
a homeless child among the thou
sands of 'fWild Children" who
roamed about the cities and will
ages of Russia starving and scan
tily clad after the Revolution made
a stirring and heart rendering
picture of the evils of Communism
as it applied to these lost children.
The author was eventually able
to fee from the Soviet Union and
now enjoys a normal life OF tree
dom.
pierre Won Paaassen's "visions
Rise and Change" (1955) is an
examination of the religious per-
secution in Russia. He gives the
answer to the question, "Are the
Russian people returning to the
Church of their fathers?'
This is a deeply thoughtful ana
moving book