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The Unchanging Problem

British Strategy : Military and Economic. By Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond. (Cambridge University Press. 35. 6d.) THIS is a remarkable little book. In the space of about 30,000......

China's Depths And Shallows

Scorched Earth. By Edgar Snow. (Gollancz. I2S. 6d.) THIS new book of Mr. Snow's—the author of Red Star Over China—deserves to be read by all who take an interest in the Far......

Imperial Dream

Ow E of the great surprises of a surprising war has been the speed and completeness of the Italian collapse. The Western democracies had become so %bemused by the assurances of......