Villains and Knights

Arms and Men, by Walter Millis. 382 pp. New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons. $5.75

This book by Walter Millis, military specialist for the New York Herald Tribune, is part history, part opinion and part propaganda, in that progressive order. The author’s stated objective is a sort of Toynbee-type study of the military factor in American history. Starting with Concord in 1775, he draws from an impressive stock of historical minutiae to develop his subject down to the present day—and beyond, with a very misty look into the future.

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Arms and Men, by Walter Millis. 382 pp. New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons. $5.75

This book by Walter Millis, military specialist for the New York Herald Tribune, is part history, part opinion and part propaganda, in that progressive order. The author’s stated objective is a sort of Toynbee-type study of the military factor in American history. Starting with Concord in 1775, he draws from an impressive stock of historical minutiae to develop his subject down to the present day—and beyond, with a very misty look into the future.