Books in Review
Books in Review The indian Imbroglio Review by MORROF BERGER RESTLESS INDIA, fij Lawrence K. Rotinger. Holt & Co. Sew York, 1946. I l l paget. $2.00. THE MAHATMA A Sit THE WORLD. By...
...One can never completely escape the fascination and mental infection of t h e enemy...
...It is in t h e s e realms t h a t Gandhi seems no longer to be r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of I n d i a n s ; his r e t r o g r e s s i ve inclinations a r e less a p r a c t i c a l guide to the new I n d i a t h a n another evidence of rejection of Western domination...
...Meerloo a s a "European mental doctor can tell with scientific precision of t h e conception, gestation and final p a r t u r i t i o n of Fascism against a background of which very few Americans can have any notion...
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...H.R• ATOMIC DAYDREAM VW wi-m born into on undimen»i<med century of change, and the action of the** poiiessed yoara...
...Durll, Sloan and Pearce...
...H E RE are t w o novels by women, about women and, we presume, for women to read...
...JPoLAND h a s been commonly referred t o as t h e " t e s t c a s e " of t h e p o s t w a r o r . dcr, and t h e Y a l t a decision on Poland wag one of t h e first clear indications that t he new world was not g o i n g to be a very h a p p y one, l e a s t of a l l f o r t h e Poles...
...Tomorrow Witt Be Monday is t h e s t o r y of t h r e e s i s t e r s, (trowing up in s e p a r a t e households, a nd t h e i r individual a t t e m p t s to meet their d e s t i n y . The s t o r y is told in lurid, s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d prose and is capable of of holding your a t t e n t i o n , if you a r e a t all i n t e r e s t e d in t h e t r i a l and t r a v a i l of female...
...He believed a lawyer should unite the litigants instead of dividing them f u r t h e r . He never took a cane without first a s s u r i n g himself that, it was a j u st one...
...By Melba...
...Nevertheless he recognized tbe b a c k w a r d n e s s of many of the Mahatma's ideas on economic life and personal haltits...
...Dr...
...Mnrlett...
...Lawrence K . Rosingcr has a short but comprehensive introduction to the...
...it was an insult to Poland's w a r r e c o r d ; and above all i t was, to p u t It mildly, unwanted by t he Poles, who h a d no voice in t h e decision...
...International Univtrtitie^ Pre...
...H i s s u g -/ gostion t h a t A t western allies should immediately occupy ( i . e . , invade) Poland is r a t h e r uiVfeallstic s n d n o t likely t o ins p i r e confidence among hit r e a d e r s . And he i s c e r t a i n l y o v e r s t a t i n g t h e a r g u m e n t when h o w l a i m s t h a t Russia did a l k s he could to a r r a n g e a s e p a r a t e p e a c e t h r o u gh t h e Free Germany Committee...
...Doubleday el Co...
...who seem to be d a t e d in t h e ir t h o u g h t a(id action...
...2.50...
...The '•Career Woman" theme is much over, worked and t h e a u t h o r s have l i t t l e that is new to c o n t r i b u t e to t h e score...
...s u b j e c t in which he not only presents facts about all aspects of Indian life, but also does not h e s i t a te to express an opinion now a n d t h e n . His book is about t h e best account of i ts size t h a t has a p p e a r e d in a long time...
...Meerloo, a well-known Dutch psyc h i a t r i s t , cxperiencecj^two years of German occupatipn a n a t u r n e d his e x p e r i ence to good use a f t e r his escape t o London w h i n ho took charge of the Psycho, logical Department of the Dutch Mm...
...His conduct reminds one ol the naive law s t u d e n t whose professor got tired of his e m b a r r a s s i n g questions one day and demanded, " W h a t did you come here for a n y w a y — to l e a r n justice or Study law...
...W* were born into tha still unmeaeured cireumitaneo of onr questing Intellect with bright rebel courage for planning against darkness...
...p i t t e d a g a i n s t the b a c k g r o u n d of woman's s t r u g g l e .for emancipation...
...Some of t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g chapters tell of Gandhi's y e a r s in South Africa,where he defended t h e I n d i a n immigrants a g a i n s f t h e same sort of discrimination a g a i n s t which India recently protested to the Security Council...
...New "York, 1940...
...The a u t h o r ' s violont disapproval of t he Big T h r e e [ a a c t l o n is s h a r e d by t h i s r e viewer, but \ t seems to me t h a t he h a s weakened his c\sse unnecessarily...
...Milne Grows Up CHLOE MARR...
...New York, 1946...
...This time, her choice of a career is d i c t a t e d by circums t a n c e , in t h e g u i s e of a husband inept a t money-making...
...derstood t h e p r e d i c a m e n t s of t h e unfort u n a t e s he w a s to meef' in their masses , d u r i n g the* l i b e r a t i o n . Tshe best lectures in this r a t b e r ill-assorted collection out...
...New York, 1940...
...t o m s : a p a t h y , suspicion and aggression.* I t is t h e l a s t of t h e s e t h r e e which should a r o u s e our especial interest, and it it t h o s e sections of t h i s book which indicata t h e psychological i n g r e d i e n t s of the next war which a r e of most value...
...Htm hurt & Co...
...Her sister, Eleanor, is the...
...The s t o r y of Meg, her children, the m a n s h e loved and the f a i l u r e of t h e i r love under t h e relentless h a m m e r i n g of a squalid existence is de...
...s t r i p those of his more purely academic colleagues in warning us of t h e terrible, d a n g e r s of Occupation- and D.P.-neuroaes> if they a r e n o t t a c k l e d ' q u i c k l y and intell i g e n t l y . "What are t h e characteristic...
...Shridh a r a n i shows that Gandhi has largely escaped the tendency to become dictat o r i a l . Here is one example of t he c h a r i s m a t i c leader whe e i t h e r doesn't have the itch for personal power or else knows how to relieve it without trying to obtain more power...
...S h r i d h a r a n i s h a r e s the e x t r e m e reverence for his s u b j e c t which ail I n d i a ns seem to have, including the realistic West-oriented Nehru...
...2 1 8 pave: $2.50...
...Gandhi's pergonal i n t e g r i t y , his asceticism and h i s p e r s e r v e r e n c e are well brought out in this biography...
...i s t r y of War...
...Books in Review The indian Imbroglio Review by MORROF BERGER RESTLESS INDIA, fij Lawrence K. Rotinger...
...F a i t h Baldwin h a s w r i t t e n many novels and those who r e a d and liked the others, will doubtless be i n t e r e s t e d in this, her l a t e s t effort Somehow the conflicts r a i s e d in both books seem stale...
...By Faith Baldwin...
...2.00 . THE CASE<fOR POLAND...
...In Poland's Right* to Juttiae Dr...
...For millions of lost or displaced persons t h e d i s t a n t horizon is daVk, irrecoverably d a r k ; under t h e N a z is t h e r e was a t l e a s t order...
...New York, VJiG...
...3 0 9 pages...
...E. P. Dntton, New York, 1M6...
...of this changed mental a t t i t u d e ? There ar^< t h r e e groups of c h a r a c t e r i s t i c symp...
...Another friend of Poland and democr a c y is Ann S u Cardwell, one of this country's leading s t u d e n t s of E a s t European affairs...
...Over a c o n t i n e n t whose many millions have lately been in direct contact w i t h t h e sorrows of total war t h i s bomb b l a s t s i t s w a r n i n g : "Solve this chaos tube a n n i h i l a t e d ! " or, to u s e t h e j a r g o n of t h e b u r e a u c r a t s , Rehabilitate...
...By Ann Su Cardwell...
...2 4 7 paget...
...There is Penny, who unsuccessfully attempts to r u l e t h r o u g h life on b e a u t y alone, t a k i ng w h a t she w a n t s and g i v i n g nothing in r e t u r n . These t h r e e a r e t h e basis of t h e novel, and t h e reader is l e f t \ w i t h tha t o t a l l y alien feeling that life must be more than this, even for them, or else why do people live a t a l l? In F a i t h Baldwin's novel, we meet tha c a r e e r woman again...
...Krzesinski explores all t h e s e m a t t e r s, and concludes t h a t "Poland's voice is as t h e conscience of t h e n a t i o n s . If t h ey permit her t o b * e n s l a v e d by Soviet Russia, tbey d e s t r o y t h e b a s i s of t h e i r own l i b e r t y and open t h e w a y f o r t h e i r own enslavement...
...if you like the staff, h e r e it i s . You're welcome to it...
...II y A. M. Men-Un...
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...The lib...
...Krzesinski, a former philosopher a t t h e U n i v e r s i ty of Cracow, has t e e d off on t h e Yajta deal with one...
...120 page...
...3 1 1 pages...
...There is Martha, the c a r e e r woman who writes...
...Finally, he placet too g r e a t a responsibility for Yalta on Churchill and Roosevelt, who were surely unhappy about the deal (especially Churchill), but in t h e final analysis had no a l t e r n a t i v e to capitula capitulation...
...WOMAN ON HER WAY...
...That it has t a k e n us .300 y e a r s of i n t e r m i t t e n t war to become a w a r e of t h e r i g h t n e s s of t h i s Miltonic s a w is to to t h e c ' e d i t only of t h e atom-, bomb...
...Here was a m a n who un...
...Tht Cose for Poland has been published as a pamphlet, but Miss Cardwell avoids the flaming rhetoric of t h e pamphleteer...
...PEA^JE bath her victories no l e s t re-, nowned t h e n W a r " w r o t e J o h n Milton of s war which directly affected only 1 0 percent n'f t h e people over whose land i t h ad been fought...
...Post-Mortem o n Yalta Review b y DANIEL SELIGMAN POLANDIt'RlGHTS TO JUSTICE, By Andrew J. Krzesinski...
...She h a s p r e s e n t e d in 90 pages one of t h e most closely reasoned and thoroughly documented statements of t h e case t o b e had...
...For Women Only Review b y CHESTER J. CIVIN TOMORROW WILL BE MONDAY...
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...of t h e a n g r i e s t , b i t t e r e s t , a nd most uninhibited blasts that has been seen on t h e s u b j e c t . , He lias a v i r t u a l l y invincible c a s e . T he Polish s e t t l e m e n t violated a n y number of i n t e r n a t i o n a l agreements, including t he A t l a n t i c C h a r t e r ; it was incompatible with ethnic, r e l i g i o u s , and c u l t u r a l conditions in E a s t e r n Poland...
...f 2.75...
...2.50...
...AMID t h e welter of bojjks ami articles about the " I n d i a n Problem," two have appeared recently that, atand out for t h e i r worth...
...Krishnalal S h r i d h a r a n i has w r i t t e n a different sort of book, c o n c e n t r a t i n g on I n d i a ' s mcst famous leader, Gandhi...
...K r z e s i n s k i ' s 'book is nevertheless important for those i n t e r e s t e d in the •ordid story, mainly for t h e factual m a t e r i a l he p r e s e n t s , but a l so because he is undoubtedly s p e a k i n g the t h o u g h t s of a good many Poles—in Poland and outside...
...This ii almost a l aw of l i f e : What one fights a g a i n s t one m a y absorb...
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...Anally marries, and meeta t h e innumerable problems of children...
...THIS novel of a London butterfly wk» h a d Dukes and L o r d a a n d a n occasional p r o l e t a r i a n at her feet would be) dull r e a d i n g had not A. A. Milne span oat t h e plot...
...Those of a s who remember his whimsicsl juveniles and spider-web Wfose of e a r l i e r days will be pleasantly a u r p r i s e d at t h i s adult fiction, fell ot b r i l l i a n t asides and modern Eagliak humor a t i t s b e s f # The glamorous career of Chios and h e r t r a g i c end a r e unimp o r t a n t ; Milne uses her a s a springboard for a s handsome a n d . g a y a pro* a s we h a v e read out of E n g l a n d in aMf a moon...
...By Krithnalal Shridharani...
...These two- books are t h e stuff t h a t magazine novels a r e m a d e of...
...product of a finishing school culture, a n d i s in more ways than one, q u i t e finished...
...Thus the services of the United Nations, civil and m i l i t a r y , are combed for UNRRA, UNESCO and o t h e r cooks t o brew t he a l p h a b e t soup of European relief To some observers on t h e spot t h e confusion seems hopeless...
...Postwar Neurosis Review by JOHN USBORNE AFTERMATH OF PEACE...
...This is not merely a biography of t he public life of a political figure, but an attempt t o g e t a t t h e u n d e r l y i n g meaning »f Gandhi in India, what it is he s t r i v e s for a n d r e p r e s e n t s . The a u t h o r, well known in t h i s country for his o t h er books on I n d i a , t e l l s the s t o r y of Gandhi's life by s e l e c t i n g a few key events a nd describing them in detail...
...Gandhi weht to India as a young lawyer, but he was an unusual kind of lawyer, with ideas which, if widespread, <wu!d d e s t r o y the customs of legal practice in the West...
...e r a l American definition of F a s c i sm tends t o be t o o c a t h o l i c . Dr...
...92 pages...
...By A. A. Miln...
Vol. 29 • October 1946 • No. 40
