THE WAR IN MAPS.

Text by Francis Brown '25. Maps by Em.il Herlin. Oxford UniversityPress, 1942, pp. viii, 159. $1.50.

ONE OF THE necessities of life for a good many of us is the very able summary every Sunday in the New York Times, "The News of the Week in Review." Not only does it bring together all that we saw, or should have seen, but it tells the story in a vivid, interesting fashion, full of colorful detail, and to this reader at least it is far better than the much more publicized news weeklies. It is worth remembering that this job is done by a Dartmouth graduate and former member of the faculty here, Francis Brown '25, who has found time with all this on his hands to turn out several books in the last few years, which have been noted in these pages.

Along with Mr. Brown's skillful text, the interpretive maps by Emil Herlin have been a feature of this section, making clear the events in distant and unknown lands, and bringing out their significance in a way that an amateurish studying of an atlas could never accomplish. Some of these maps, and some new ones, have now been put into a book, along with explanatory pages by Mr. Brown. The result is a volume that will surely give its readers a far more complete picture of the war, and it is recommended highly. Starting with a few maps of the world of 20 years ago, it shows the march of Hitler, the campaigns in Poland and Finland, and explains the pause till the spring of 1940. After a series on the Battles of France and Britain, it swings into the Mediterranean, and then on to Russia, and so on through the Pacific, and the part played by this country. But it would be a mistake to think this shows nothing besides the marching of armies. There are pages that show what Hitler wants, and why; what Russia wanted in the Baltic; how Europe can be blockaded; why Crete was lost; how a blitzkrieg works; and how American opinion gradually came to realize that we were vitally concerned in the war. The pages on the Far East are especially valuable. In all, there are 74 maps, each with its clear and very helpful text. The authors have made a real contribution to a more general understanding of the war.

In the 1942 issue of Flying Manual appear eight articles by S. Holt McAloney '26.

Lieut. McAloney has been active in the Civil Air Patrol since its earliest days. He was appointed Training and Operation Officer of Group 153 of the Connecticut Wing of the Civil Air Patrol covering Fairfield County and supervised the training program of this active group during the past year. Two months ago he was appointed Intelligence and Public Relations Officer.

Last summer the Fawcett Publications commissioned Lieut. McAloney to do a series of articles for their annual flying book. These articles cover the CAP Training Program, details of the Rank and Insignia, Protective Concealment, Piloting, Dead Reckoning, Meteorology and Aviation Communications. All of the articles are profusely illustrated, many by drawings by the author. This is the first time that such a rounded picture of the activities of the Civil Air Patrol has been gathered into one publication.