TWO-WAY ARGUMENT

McMillin, Miles

Two-Way Argument THE FORGOTTEN ALLY, by Pierre van Paassen. Dial Press. $2.75. Reviewed by Miles McMillin VAN PAASSEN, who is always eloquent but seldom logical, advances a very compelling...

...Certainly it is hard to get away from the notion, after reading through van Paaseen's bill of particulars against the British, that the Arabs, whom the author slaps with a fine gusto for their phtlanderings with the N^zis and their refusal to recruit an army to fight for the British, can be charged with nothing more than a fine understanding of the ways of British imperialism...
...He is equally convincing, however, in presenting his case against "perfidious Albion" for its wretched treatment of the Jews...
...Reviewed by Miles McMillin VAN PAASSEN, who is always eloquent but seldom logical, advances a very compelling argument that Britain's successful stand "for civilization" at El Ale-mein was made possible by the assistance of the Palestine Jews...
...Indeed, one gets the definite impression that by comparison Rommel would have been a modern Moses come to deliver them from bondage...

Vol. 7 • December 1943 • No. 51


 
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