Shorter notices
Decisions for a Decade Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Michael Joseph 35s) and Journey into Politics John V. Lindsay (famish Hamilton 25s). Mayor Lindsay quotes St Benedict: Sena- tor Kennedy turns for inspiration to some im- portant stanzas from the Persian poet Kahlil Gibran. A glimpse of the cultured, sensitive men beneath the glittering political armour. And a welcome, if grotesque, relief from the trite mouthings and tedious catchphrases favoured elsewhere by this distinguished duo in commit- ting their thoughts to paper_ Reflections on United Sur-c Policy Richard H. Rovere (Bodley Head 18s). Washington correspondent of the New Yorker and former supporter of us activities in Vietnam, Mr Rovere's present indictment of the war is argued with impressive skill and considerable feeling. But his contention that Vietnam is all that prevents a rosy cooperation between the us and the USSR on such matters as hunger, disease and air pollution is at best distress- ingly disingenuous, at worst ridiculously naive. Ask Mr Dubcek.
The Drift to World War, 1900-1914 Sir Charles Petrie (Ernest Benn 30s). Dim snapshots of ums `Dreadnought' (the first of that name), a 1906 Mercedes, Miss Marie Lloyd and other vintage worthies go some way to enlivening Sir Charles's severely tedious prose. However, as a history of the times this has brevity, if not breadth, to recommend it.
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