The Double Tragedy of Djilas

We are all indebted to Milovan Djilas—though not so indebted I suspect, as many of our reviewers and publicists would have us believe. Our debt to Djilas is the debt owed to any man who has the courage and the dignity to stand by his conscience when all about him are merchandising theirs. Such courage is rare anywhere; it is almost unique at the seats of the mighty beyond The Wall.

Conversations With Stalin, by Milovan Djilas. Harcourt, $3.95