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Peaceful Coexistence: A Communist Blueprint for Victory, by Richard V. Allen (American Bar Association, $1). There is more common sense, understanding of Communism, and plain downright erudition in this little paperback than in a shelf of the books on Communism, learned and popular, that fill the bookstores these days. Richard Allen has combed the voluminous statements of the Soviet leaders themselves to prove to the hilt the true meaning of Khrushchev’s “peaceful coexistence”—that it is no more nor less than a tactic designed to confuse and disarm us preparatory to overcoming us. He has done a magnificent job of presenting the essence of contemporary Communist strategy in brief compass; and the American Bar Association is to be congratulated for commissioning him to prepare this work.

F. S. MEYER

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Peaceful Coexistence: A Communist Blueprint for Victory, by Richard V. Allen (American Bar Association, $1). There is more common sense, understanding of Communism, and plain downright erudition in this little paperback than in a shelf of the books on Communism, learned and popular, that fill the bookstores these days. Richard Allen has combed the voluminous statements of the Soviet leaders themselves to prove to the hilt the true meaning of Khrushchev’s “peaceful coexistence”—that it is no more nor less than a tactic designed to confuse and disarm us preparatory to overcoming us. He has done a magnificent job of presenting the essence of contemporary Communist strategy in brief compass; and the American Bar Association is to be congratulated for commissioning him to prepare this work.

F. S. MEYER