My own disenchantment with American society was not caused by its racial bigotry, its warlike posturing, its supreme respect for money. All these might be understood as irrationalities which could be struck from the national character if only rational men …
I have never met William Buckley, and the only place I’d care to would be on a public platform, in debate. But for some time I’ve been hearing about his attractive qualities: he is charming, witty, literate, a cultivated man …
The use of draftees to fight “little wars”—colonial repressions, police actions, counter-insurgency operations—is relatively new. Before World War II, these sorts of wars were fought by volunteer or mercenary armies, often recruited from foreign or colonial populations. The French Foreign …
The discussion we propose here is confined to those who are critical of current U.S. policy in Vietnam. Apart from urgent expressions of anxiety as to the dangers of an escalated war and equally urgent condemnations of terror bombings and …
Yes, it is imperative that we urge immediate withdrawals of U.S. troops and military forces from South Vietnam—while keeping in mind that with so large a force “immediate withdrawal” will require weeks or months even if begun at once. Unlikely …
Editor: Irving Howe’s “New Styles in ‘Leftism’” DISSENT, Summer 1965] calls for critical comment. For two decades this sort of defensive anti-communism has undermined the American left, which should not be encumbered by such comparative side-issues. Now, bypassed by new …
People or Personnel: Decentralizing and the Mixed System by Paul Goodman Random House, 1965, 247 pp., $4.95 In a Few Hands: Monopoly in America by Estes Kefauver (with the assistance of Irene Till) Pantheon, 1965, 239 pp., $4.95 American liberalism …
Who Speaks for the Negro? by Robert Penn Warren Random House, 1965, 454 pp., $5.95 Robert Penn Warren, ex-Southerner, novelist, literary critic, and one-time apologist for segregation writes here about the civil rights movement. Such a combination of author and …
The Holocaust Kingdom by Alexander Donat Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965, $5.95 It is unlikely that any reader of Mr. Donat’s book will be able to put it down without having been deeply moved. No matter how familiar one might …
Alienation and Freedom: The Factory Workers and His Industry by Robert Blauner University of Chicago Press, 1964, $7.50 “Alienation,” an increasingly fashionable word, is in danger of coming to mean nothing more than the vague sense of malaise many people …
The Next Generation: The Prospects Ahead for the Youth of Today and Tomorrow by Donald M. Michael Vintage Press, 218 pp., $1.65 This is a curious book. Written originally as a report to an agency of the federal government, it …
The Spring Time of Freedom: The Evolution of Developing Societies by William McCord Oxford University Press, 1965, 330 pp., $6.00 Favelados, the slum dwellers in Sao Paulo’s shantytowns, are the subject of a moving autobiography, Child of the Dark, by …
Castroism: Theory and Practice by Theodore Draper Frederick A. Praeger, 280 pp., $5.95 Theodore Draper, the noted historian of the Cuban Revolution, has grouped his most recent thought in Castroism: Theory and Practice, a series of essays, some already printed …
The surviving socialist generation had no sufficient reason to expect that the new fellows should or would follow their lead. The fact that this may be very much to the disadvantage of the young activists, does not alter the character …
