This book is a singular melange of lucid, often brilliant, ideas and incredibly naive ones. Mr. Strachey’s analysis of the Soviet fear of provocation and Soviet caution in avoiding escalation into total war has hardly been better put. Thus he writes: “Russia gives the impression of being determined to have her way whenever she can, and of being not in the least averse to using force to get it, if she thinks she can do so without undue risk.”
On the Prevention of War, by John Strachey. St. Martin’s, $5.95
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