January-February - Air Defense Artillery

19.;3 BOOK RE\'IE\VS
although their inefficiency and the food scarcities did not
belp matters much. Being a prisoner of war requires
knowledge and technique if the prisoner is to have life
as pleasant as ~ossible under the circu~s~nces,. and still
keep his conscience clear of e\'en unwIttmg aid to the
enem\'. Denny is able to give quite a few pointers abom
soh-i~gthis problem.
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Uneasy Lies the Head
THE U:\'CONQUERED. By Robert Carse. New York:
Robert M. 1\IcBride and Company, 1942. 225 Pages;
$2.50.
:\ine stories of guerrilla or "underground" action against
(he :\azis, from nine conquered countries, have been gi\'en
semilictional treatment to symbolize the resistance against
Ihe German conquerors. From The General, a former Nazi
sympalhizer in France, to the Cretan grandmother, the
characlers have one thing in common-a resolve that their
degradalion will not go unchallenged. The reviewer does
not envy the Gestapo. For every patriot killed, there are
ten to take his place.
Scientific Analysis
A~1ERICA AT WAR. Edited by Samuel Van Valkenburg.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1942. 284 Pages;
Index; Illustrated; $2.50.
i\lilitary men, long students of terrain, have of necessity
expanded their geographical knowledge to include meteorology,
climate, raw materials, industrial capacity, power
sources,and food supplies. This book, written by six expert
grographers, is an important approach to the geographical
problems of a global war.
The authors have marshaled their facts and drawn their
conclusions in a cold, scientific manner, and have, in the
main,avoided conjecture, leaving that to the reader. Their
atimates of the leading warring nations, of the limitations
and possibilities of the United States in the present war,
and of the interrelated effects of history and geographical
accident, are interesting as well as helpful in understand-
DIg why and how this war is being fought.
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Picture Book
WAR IN OUR TIME: A CONNECTEDANALYSISIN PIC-
1lJnES AND TEXT OF \VORLD CHAOS 1931-1942. By
Harrv B. Henderson and Herman C. Morris. New York:
Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1942. 4]6 Pages; Illustrated;
$3.75.
!"fany great photographs have come out of this warthis
book has collected many of the best, as well as a large
~ntity of pictures that the reviewer, at least, has not
-n published before. Beginning with the Jap entry into
anchuria, and ending with the now-famous photo of the
ered Japanese Mogami, the book presents a pictorial
IItord of the war thus far that will become a treasured
Illlssessionof our sons and grandsons, just as certain books
the Civil \Var period are prized in many a home today.
The p.agesof this \'olume are eight inches by twelve inches;
Ie IS a lot of book for the price.
Language Books
Foreign Serz'ice is More PleaSallt
if You Know tbe Language
Rooklist
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32
SPANISH
HOW TO SA Y IT IN SPANISH. The book
you need to make your needs known quickly
-pocket size 75c
173 CURRENT SPANISH. Conversational Spanish
for the more serious student, for use with
an instructor $1.00
217 CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH. For classroom
work; written for the Army Air Forces.
A basic book. $1.25
218 CONVERSACION. (Advanced Conversational
Spanish.) For the more advanced students
to use in the classroom; written for
the Army Air Forces and the Navy .... $1.50
160 PAN -A MERICAN SPA NI S H S EL F-
TAUGHT. By Francisco Ibarra. Spanish as
it is spoken in Latin America. Emphasis on
the idioms of South America $2.50
PORTUGUESE
219 AN INTRODUCTORY PORTUGUESE
GRAMMAR. By E. B. Williams. Recommended
by our military personnel in Portuguese-speaking
countries $1.90
MALAY
226 EASY :\IALA Y WORDS AND PHRASES.
By Marins A. Mendlesen. The simple vocabulary
and grammar of an easy but important
lan~uage. Necessary for service in
the East Indies and Malaya.
Three Books for Army
Women
THE ARMY WIFE. By Nancy B. Shea. Officers'
Guide for the army wife. Every army bride,
and the wife of every officer from the citizen
components should have a copy of this. Number
151 on the Journal book list $2.50
THE ARMY W01\lAN'S HANDBOOK. By ClelIa
Reeves Collins. Instructs the army wife on how
to handle financial affairs during the absence of
the husband, and tells not merely what to do,
but how to do it $1.50
ARMY GUIDE FOR WO:\IEN. By Marion 1\1.
Dilts. An entirely different book for women.
explaining how the army works, and how and
why it is different from civilian life. The perfect
gift for a WAAC, or for the new army wife
who wants to know what makes the army
tick $2.50
Orientation
FOR THE
COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY OFFICER
Revised and corrected edition, November, 1942
90c
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