nauseam these days by the academic and foundation presses. Highly readable, and interesting, this 1954-to-November 1963 account of a tortured nation and its selfless, dedicated leader has all the drama and tautness of the journalism from the grand days of American foreign correspondence —the twenties and thirties. It is, in a word, the report that would have been filed by the men of the New York Times et al were they not in thrall to the Liberal dogmatism of our day. The lesson that can be learned from this book is the same one that could have been learned from Kubek’s account of the China “revolution,” Weyl’s account of the Cuban “revolution,” or for that matter, from a look at contemporary Africa — the deformed child of our democracy- whatever-the-cost policy. Well, the lesson isn’t being learned, and one is forced to ask, upon closing this eloquent if laconic little book, who will be next? What bastion of civilization will the high priests of “democracy” wreck tomorrow? Any guess will do . . . but while you despair at the onrushing barbarian, you might savor this finely drawn profile in courage.
J. G. CAMPAIGNE JR.
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