Book Reviews and Notices : The Administration of American Foreign Affairs. By JAMES L. MCCAMY. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1950. Pp. xiii, 364. $3.00.)

• DOI: 10.1177/106591295100400159
• Date: 01 March 1951
• Published date: 01 March 1951
• Author: Ross N. Berkes
• Subject Matter: Articles

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was

no

widespread

interest

among

the

branches

of

the

university

system.

The

project

became

embroiled

in

the

struggle

over

university

reorganization

advocated

by

the

educational

administrator

who

had

originally

cham-

pioned

the

Montana

Study.

Powerful

political

enemies

had

been

inherited.

The

&dquo;red&dquo;

label

was

also

attached

to

the

project

after

two

staff

members

wrote

and

spoke

about

the

Missouri

Valley

Authority.

In

the

face

of

such

formidable

opposition,

rejection

by

the

state

legislature

of

the

request

for

further

financing

was

not

surprising.

Probably

more

startling

is

the

fact

that

so

much

was

done

during

the

brief

existence

of

a

stimulating

experiment.

University

of

California

at

Los

Angeles.

JOHN

C.

BOLLENS.

Readings

in

American

State

Government.

By

LANE

W.

LANCASTER

and

A.

C.

BRECKENRIDGE.

(New

York:

Rinehart

and

Co.,

Inc.

1950.

Pp.

ix,

347.

$1.50.)

Among

a

number

of

desirable

features

in

this

book

are

the varied

and

carefully

selected

materials

for

illustrative

purposes.

There

are

several

types

of

legal

writs,

including

that

of

habeas

corpus,

a

prosecutor’s

informa-

tion,

a

veto

message

of

a

state

governor,

a

validation

of

marriage,

a

petition

of

initiative

and

referendum,

a

warrant

in

a

felony

case,

an

affidavit,

and

a

petition

for

the

rendition

of

fugitives

from

justice.

In

addition,

there

is

a

wealth

of

material

on

such

topics

as

state

finances,

the

state

and

the

Union,

legislatures

and

legislation,

state

constitutions,

popular

participation

in

government,

state

executives

and

state

administration,

the

courts

and

law

enforcement,

and

individual

rights.

Several

tabular

charts

are

in-

cluded.

There

is

good

integration

of

the

parts

within

each

chapter,

as

well

as

with

the

other

chapters.

Not

the

least

of

the

many

desirable

features

that

should

recommend

this

book

to

the student

is

its

compactness,

which

makes

for

ease

of

handling.

Bradley

University.

LOUIS

A.

R.

YATES.

The

Administration

of

American

Foreign

Affairs.

By

JAMES

L.

MCCAMY.

(New

York:

Alfred

A.

Knopf.

1950.

Pp.

xiii,

364.

$3.00.)

Professor

McCamy

has

written

a

thoughtful

volume

around

the

thesis

that

the

United

States

has

reached

full

stature

in

foreign

relations

without

having

attained

the

administrative

maturity

to

go

with

its

strength.

His

analysis

of

existing

administration

of

American

foreign

affairs

is

largely

an

extension

of

the

relevant

reports

of

the

Hoover

Commission

and

its

Task

Forces,

the

general

conclusions

of

which

the

author

rather

effectively

supports.