DARTMOUTH AUTHORS
James A. Donovan '39, "Reevaluating our Defense Posture" in MarineCorps Gazette, May 1989 Donovan reviews U.S. armed forces commitments and deployments and discusses how reductions and changes can be made in the face of budget cuts and shifting threats and requirements. The author, a retired Marine Corps colonel, is an associate director of the Center for Defense Information.
Charles G. Bolte '41, The Soviet Question in British Politics: From OctoberRevolution to Cold War (Wyndham Hall Press)—The Rhodes-Fulbright International Library, which sponsored publication of this book, calls Bolte's work "the most comprehensive analysis of the subject in print." Originally written as a B.Litt. thesis, this research gained an M.Litt. for Bolte, who was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford at the time. Bolte writes that a friend urged him to reread the 36-year-old manuscript prior to publication to see if he still agreed with it. Says the author, "I did, and I do. Nothing has been changed except for a couple of updating notes."
Alese and Morton Pechter'43, What'sin the Deep? An Underwater Adventurefor Children (Acropolis Books Ltd) Husband and wife underwater photojournalists praised for their ability to instill in others their excitement for the sea, the Pechters have produced a book for children that is filled with their dazzling photos of life beneath the waves.
John W. Reps '43, St. Louis Illustrated: Nineteenth-Century Engravingsand Lithographs of a Mississippi RiverMetropolis (University of Missouri Press)—In a stunning presentation of what he terms the "urban portraits" of St. Louis, Reps not only chronicles the city's development but explains how architects and artists shaped the city and molded people's perceptions of it. Included is an illustrated discussion of European traditions of urban design and artistic viewpoints that influenced designers of St. Louis. Reps is professor emeritus of city and regional planning at Cornell University.
R. Barton Palmer '68, The CinematicText: Methods and Approaches (AMS Press)—Palmer edited this collection of scholarly essays on films and film history and wrote chapters on Siegfried Kracauer and Bakhtinian translinguistics. The Judgment of the King of Navarre (Garland Publishing) Palmer edited and translated this early English humorous debate poem written by Guillaume de Machaut, The poem profoundly influenced the young Chaucer, according to Palmer, who is professor of English at Georgia State University.
Robert McKay '70, Under the Trapeze (Brass Ring Press) McKay bills his book as a "true and unembellished account of the last original, old-fash- ioned, all-American, independently owned and operated family circus." After paying homage to Mark Twain's description of a circus a century ago, McKay romps with a modern-day circus entourage both under and beyond the big top.
Richard A. Polin and Mark F. Ditmar '75, editors, Pediatric Secrets: QuestionsYou Will Be Asked on Rounds, in theClinic and on Oral Exams (Hanley & Belfus) The editors, who compiled questions and answers from 28 pediatricians, write: "It is through constant questioning and reappraisal that patient care is improved. Never should the spirit of inquiry be discouraged or curiosity be repressed, for according to a Chinese proverb: 'He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.'" Ditmar wrote Q & A on growth and development, emergency medicine, and infectious disease. He is a clinical associate of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
William W. Cook, Hudson Hornet (I. Reed Books)—Dartmouth English Professor and Chair of African and Afro-American Studies Cook presents 32 of his poems, including "To a Student" and "Hopkins Center Double Feature."
