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1 October 1964
:fcant memoirs of the post/vr period. This
olume opens with the return of Eden to
the Foreign Office in 1951.
Facing the Dictators. Boston: Houghton-
Mifflin, 1962. 62-18265. $7.50. This volume
concerns the earlier career of Eden as a min-
ister at the Foreign Office from 1931 through
his resignation in February 1938.
EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Crusade in Europe.
Doubleday Dolphin Books, C267. Paper, $1.45.
* . The White House Years: Mandate for
Change 1953-1956. Garden City: Doubleday,
1963. 63-18447. $6.95. President Eisenhower's
memoirs of his first administration are an
invaluable record of the President at work.
GAULLE, CHARLES DE. The War Memoirs of
Charles de Gaulle. New York: Simon &
Schuster. $6.00 each. Set $17.50.
The Call to Honour, 1940-42, 1958. 55-8440.
Unity, 1942-44, 1959.
Salvation, 1944-46, 1960.
The memoirs of one of the great figures of
French and modern history.
HARRIS, ARTHUR. Bomber Offensive. New York:
Macmillan, 1947. 47-11857. The former chief
of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command
recounts the story of its night war against
Germany. An exciting and important book.
(Out of print.)
HEGENER, HENRI. Fokker, the Man and the Air-
craft. Los Angeles: Aero Publishers, 1961. 61-
10595. $9.75. The story of a famous aircraft
designer and manufacturer and his product.
*HEROLD, J. CHRISTOPHER, et al. The Horizon
Book of the Age of Napoleon. New York:
American Heritage Publishing Co., 1963. 63-
17996. $18.95. A handsome book, with many
illustrations, that offers an authoritative evalu-
ation of Napoleon and his times.
* . (ed. and trans.). The Mind of Na-
poleon, A Selection of His Written and Spoken
Words. Columbia Paperbacks, 23. Paper, $1.95.
HESS, COL. DEAN. Battle Hymn. Popular Li-
brary, SP137. Paper, $0.50.
HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Il Duce: The Life of
Benito Mussolini. Boston: Little, Brown, 1962.
62-8069. $6.00. A readable, full-length biog-
raphy of the Italian dictator by a British
author.ISMAY, LIONEL HASTINGS. The Memoirs of Gen-
eral Lord Ismay. New York: Viking, 1960.
60-14086. $6.75. A most valuable contribu-
tion to the collection of World War II remi-
niscences.
KENNEY, GEN. GEORGE C. Dick Bong: Ace of
Aces. Popular Library, G571. Paper, $0.35.
. General Kenney Reports: A Personal
History of the Pacific War. New York: Duell,
Sloan & Pearce, 1949. 49-48158. $5.00. Im-
portant enough to be read by all Air Force
officers. A blunt, frank account of Far East
Air Forces' war against Japan. (Out of print.)
*LEHMAN, MILTON. This High Man, The Life
of Robert H. Goddard. New York: Farrar,
Straus, 1963. 63-15815. $6.50. A first defini-
tive portrait of the father of modern missiles.
Exciting biography, crisply written, and well
organized.
*LEUCHTENBURG, WILLIAM E. Franklin D. Roose-
velt and the New Deal, 1932-1940. New York:
Harper & Row, 1963. 63-12053. $6.00; paper,
$2.45. A brief, lively, and well informed sur-
vey of the New Deal era.
LEVINE, ISAAC D. Mitchell, Pioneer of Air Power.
Rev. ed. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce,
1958. 58-4461. $6.00. Still the best book on
Mitchell.
LIDDELL HART, B. H. (ed.). The Rommel Papers.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1953. 53-5656.
$7.50. Contains Rommel's views on air power
and surface tactics, as well as his own story
of his days of glory in the African desert.
*MACLEAN, SIR FITZROY. Tito-The Man Who
Defied Hitler and Stalin. Ballantine, S489K.
Paper, $0.75.
MANSTEIN, ERICH VON. Lost Victories. Translated
by A. G. Powell. Chicago: Regnery, 1958. 58-
14961. $7.50. Gives the memoirs of a great
soldier who is both literate and highly articu-
late. In analysis, literary power, and lucidity,
Manstein has few peers in this genre.
MANvELL, ROGER, and HEINRICH FRAENKEL.
Goering: A Biography. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1963. 62-16707. $6.50. A very fine
history that is the human story of the No. 2
leader of the Reich and the head of the
Luftwaffe.
MITCHELL, WILLIAM. Memoirs of World War L
New York: Random House, 1960. 60-5548.2
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