10 APRIL 1971, page 16

Marcus Cunliffe On A Rome Of One's Own

Tony Tanner has taken American literature for his field. As his previous book Reign of Wonder showed, he has considerable gifts as a critic. He is confident, alert, ingenious......

Patrick Cosgrave On International Idealism

Fifteen Men on a Powder Keg Andrew Boyd (Methuen £3.25) 'La vie est la vie', wrote General de Gaulle, 'autrement dit, un combat, connate pour les nations et comme pour les......