1 JULY 1949, page 28

Mine Warfare

CHIVALRY being as dead as it is, the ethics of mine and other forms of underwater combat are no longer fiercely debated. By modern standards minelaying is a comparatively humane......

An American Historian

The Journals of Francis Parkman. Edited by Mason Wade. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 2 Vols. 50s.) IT is nearly a century since (so the story goes) a learned Bostonian was baffled and......

The Soviet State V. Musicians

Musical Uproar in Moscow. By Alexander Werth. (Turnstile Press. 6s.) FOR some years now the attitude of the Soviet Government towards music and musicians has been one of the......