12 DECEMBER 1952, page 23

America's Philosopher

The Irony of American History. By Reinhold Niebuhr. (Nisbet. 15s.) IN the years between the two world wars, when America sought to turn her back on destiny, her favourite......

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The Background of Mau Mau Man Mau and the Kikuyu, by L. S. B. Leakey. (Methuen. 7s. 6d.) DR. LEAKEY is primarily an archaeologist. He ivas till last year the curator of the......