Dartmouth Authors

Charles B. McLane '41 (Professor of Government). Soviet-African Relations: Volume Three of Soviet-Third WorldRelations. Central Asian Research Centre, London, $15. The present volume deals with Soviet relations with 36 sovereign African nations south of the Sahara. Although Soviet relations with some of them were negligible, by 1972 Russia had established diplomatic ties with all but seven and had economic ties with 22. The list omits the remaining colonies and dependencies and also South Africa and Rhodesia, a dependency of the United Kingdom. Except for a few states like Sudan and Somalia with close ties to the Arab world, the orientation of all nations in this volume is toward Black Sub-Saharan Africa.

Denis G. Sullivan (Professor of Government), Jeffry L. Pressman and Benjamin I. Page (both former members of the Government Department) and John J. Lyons '73. ThePolitics of Representation: The DemocraticConvention of 1972, St. Martin's Press, hard cover $9.95, paperback $3.95. To be reviewed in a later issue.

Robert Jay Misch '25. Quick Guide to Wine:A Compact Primer, revised edition, Doubleday, $4.95. Completely updated, Quick Guide gives vintage charts through 1973 showing prices in the current market. In addition to comments about wines from 21 regions, there are chapters on the serving and storage of wines, pronunciation of wine terms, suggestions about matching wines to food, and wine cookery. Misch's avowed purpose is to help pros and buffs enjoy wine more, and more frequently, without pedantry or ignorance.

Richard G. Hewlett '45 and Francis Duncan, Nuclear Navy 1946-1962, University of Chicago Press, $12.50. To be reviewed in a later issue.

R. P. Momsen Jr. '45 and Janet D. Henshell, Geography of Brazilian Development. G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London, £6.50. To be reviewed in a later issue.

Roger A. Simmons '50, Palca and Pucara: AStudy of the Effects of Revolution on TwoBolivian Haciendas, University of California Publications in Anthropology, $6.50. A freelance anthropologist with a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley, Simmons has attempted in general to relate his findings to theoretical literature on revolution and modernization and in particular to discover what hacienda peasants in Central Bolivia are like, what motivates them, what goals they set for themselves, and what effects the agrarian reform of 1953 abolishing centuries of serfdom had on their lives. Palca and Pucara peasants have sunk into apathy and want all they can get in a material sense without much risk.

Jeffrey O'Connell '51, Ending Insult to Injury:No-Fault Insurance for Products and Services, University of Illinois Press, $7.95. To be reviewed in a later issue.

Wilton S. Sogg '56 Myron G. Hill Jr., and Howard M. Rossen, Torts, Smith's Review, Legal Gem Series, for Law School and Bar Examinations. Third Edition, West Publishing Company. This book of 286 pages is the second in the new format featuring Spy cartoons on the front and back covers with the narrative text about the caricatures on the inside front and back covers. It also features an outline of the subject matter and selected Torts questions from the Multistate Bar Examinations.

David Viscott '59. How to Live with AnotherPerson. Arbor House, 1974. $5.95. See review in this issue.

Reed Browning '60, The Duke of Newcastle, Yale University Press, $20. To be reviewed in a later issue.

Because of the growing volume of specializedworks produced by the Dartmouth constituency, faculty and alumni alike, the Magazinewill henceforth publish full reviews of onlythose books which, in our judgment, are ofgeneral interest to a readership as diverse asours. Works of a specialized nature, howeverworthy, will be listed here, with a brief indication of their scope and subject matter for theenlightenment of readers who share those particular interests.