THE GAME OF DEATH
By Albert E. Kahn'34. New York: Cameron ir Kahn, 1953. 256pp. $3.00.
Mr. Kahn states: "The harsh and tragic fact is that of the whole population, children are paying the most heavily for the Cold War."
As the father of three sons Mr. Kahn quite naturally wants them "to live and mature in a world at peace, a world in which their talents and those of all other children may fully flower, a world made worthy of children."
In a passionate plea for a peaceful world Mr. Kahn depicts some of the horrors of contemporary civilization which lives under the shadow of the atomic bomb. Most of the festering sores on the body politic which he points out have always been with us, and which unless human nature changes for the better and there is little reason to suspect that it will will remain with us. The exploitation of children by narcotic rings, the scandals of rotting American schoolhouses (many new ones are being built), the crimes of politicians, the constant threat of war, racial discrimination in our schools, ignorance, and intolerance are parts of our civilization, still generally unmoved by the teachings of the Gentle Nazarene.
I share Mr. Kahn's indignation, but I feel that to end the cold war requires joint participation of the possible belligerents, namely the United States and Russia; and though we are not without sin, I believe continuance of the Cold War is a deliberate policy of our enemy: the present Russian government.
Most of the present tensions may be laid to the door of Russia, who talks peace, but who foments war. I only wish I could believe that they will have a change of heart, but I do not believe they will unless force or pol icy dictates such a course.
