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and the foundations laid for the eventual battle of the
Solomons.
Vivid descriptions are perhaps the most outstanding
features of the book, particularly those of the conditions
which Mr. Casey found at Pearl Harbor upon his arrival. A
great deal of pride remains with you after learning about
the splendid way our Navy availed itself of the equipment
left at their disposal following the original Japanese attack.
It is well the book was not released at an earlier date due
to the fact that now we feel the tide of battle is in our favor.
Had one read it a few months earlier, there might have
been cause to wonder just how we did stand in naval
strength.
In my opinion, a superb story could have been written in
half the space consumed by the author. One is carried to
great heights in spots, as Mr. Casey certainly has the knack
of making you feel as if you had been on the scene, but at
other times one doesn't know whether to put the book
down until later or worry through until something else
happens. But in spite of its seeming length, this volume
bears recommendation.
M. K.
BASIS FOR PEACE IN THE FAR EAST. By Nathaniel
Peffer. Harper & Bros., 1942. 263 pp. $2.50.
This is one of the best of a number of books that have
appeared recently on the subject of what must be done
after the war is won to prevent a recurrence of
bloodletting. Mr. Peffer writes of the Far East, and he
believes that there is particular reason to be optimistic
about the chances of immunizing that region because it
still lacks the age-old, cancerous animosities of Europe's
more fully developed civilization.
Four things must be done, in Mr. Peffer's opinion, if
the basis for peace in the Far East is to be established. 1)
Japan must be crushed and completely driven from the
continent of Asia and its people made fully to feel the
horrors of war, but the peace must be just and give them
the chance to live and prosper. 2) China must be liberated
in law and in fact and helped to develop into the peaceful
bulwark of Asia and the great industrial nation it
potentially is. 3) The process of introducing selfgovernment
into the colonies of southeastern Asia must
be started immediately. 4) The western world must
forever renounce its political and economic imperialism
in the Far East.
The alternatives to this program are grim, and one of
the grimmest is that school of thought which advocates
our blithe assumption of the white man's burden from the
shoulders of the British. Mr. Peffer is a thorough scholar
and his picture of past relations between Orient and
Occident and between the nations of the Orient forms a
convincing background for his theme.
L. B. C.
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AERIAL
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THEIR USE AND
INTERPRETATION
A. J. EARDLEY
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including the methods of combining them into
mosaics. . . . The second portion is primarily geologic,
with definite although secondary application to our
operations." (Field Artillery Journal, Jan. 1943.)
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