Book Reviews : Congressional Reform: Problems and Prospects. Edited by JOSEPH S. CLARK. (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965. Pp. 364. $1.75 paper.) The Congress and America's Future. Edited by DAVID B. TRUMAN. (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965. Pp. vi, 184. $3.95 cloth. $1.95 paper.)

• DOI: 10.1177/106591296601900119
• Date: 01 March 1966
• Author: Denis Killeen
• Published date: 01 March 1966
• Subject Matter: Articles

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country after having come over with the U.S. military. In a few months the Euro-
pean was repeating all the stereotypes of the &dquo;old Moroccan hand.&dquo;
Cerych does not subscribe to a simplist explanation in terms of economic interest.
He believes the colonial situation acts as an catalyst which releases certain psycho-
logical processes, composed mostly of a feeling of superiority and a fear that he
might lose it. Europeans are not alone in succumbing to this metamorphosis. It
could easily be documented in the case of Americans in the Canal Zone, or indeed
in the American ghettos which circle the globe and which have contributed in no
small measure to America’s loss of popularity. More fundamentally, wherever widely
divergent cultures meet something new soon arises; a new kind of culture is added to
the Western culture as well as to the one which is native. And it is this third culture
which breeds the new and belligerent nationalism.
FRANK MUNK
Portland State College
Congressional Reform: Problems and Prospects. Edited by JOSEPH S. CLARK. (New
York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965. Pp. 364. $1.75 paper.)
The Congress and America’s Future. Edited by DAVID B. TRUMAN. (Englewood
Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965. Pp. vi, 184. $3.95 cloth. $1.95 paper.)
Few topics have received as much attention in recent years from political an-
alysts as congressional reform. These two books offer views on just about every con-
ceivable aspect of reform including arguments for the status quo.
The first book, edited by Senator Clark, contains more than a score of articles
treating the place of Congress in American society, its relation to political parties, its
rules and customs, and influences upon members by lobbyists. Although most of the
contributors advocate some type of reform, there is also a general defense of Congress
by James Burnham, an exoneration of the Rules Committee by Chairman Smith,
and a vindication of extended debate in the Senate by Lindsay...