Book Reviews : Seven Roads to Moscow. By W. G. F. JACKSON. (New York: Philosophical Library. 1958. Pp, x, 334. $7.50.)
| Published date | 01 December 1959 |
| Author | Richard C. Gripp |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591295901200430 |
| Date | 01 December 1959 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Dobb
to
Merle
Fainsod,
John
Plamenatz,
Pushkin,
Sigmund
Freud
and
Allen
W.
Dulles.
Professor
Hendel
has
arranged
the
selections
carefully
and
has
skillfully
bridged
them
with
concise
and
useful
editorial
notes,
stating
the
problems
and
issues.
It
is
Professor
Hendel’s
thesis
that
&dquo;varied
and
conflicting
opinions
sometimes
among
seminal
scholars
-
will
make
clear
the
complexities
of
the
subject
matter,
encourage
wider
reading,
and
tend
to
raise
the
level
of
discourse
about
the
U.S.S.R.
to
a
more
informed
and
sophisticated
plane.&dquo;
Although
this
scheme
&dquo;has
meant
the
inclusion
of
some
of
the
most
distin-
guished,
as
well
as
authoritative,
writers
in
the
Soviet
field,&dquo;
as
often
as
not
this
has
also
meant
the
exclusion
of
the
better
known
works
of
these
writers
and
the
inclusion
of
articles
produced
for
the
lay
audience
or
articles
specu-
lating
on
the
future
or
some
hidden
aspect
of
the
system.
The
selections,
as
a
result,
are
general
in
nature
and
do
not
include
those
which
are
tightly
reasoned
and
documented.
The
work
of
E.
H.
Carr,
for
example,
is
not
from
one
of
his
books
but
is
an
article
which
appeared
in
the
Nation.
It
seems
to
the
reviewer
that
the
purpose
of
a
book
of
readings
on
Soviet
government
should
be
not
only
to
give
a
variety
of
conclusions
about
Soviet
society
but
to
show
how
the
scholar
through
the
welter
of
propaganda
and
with
a
paucity
of
reliable
information
trys
to
create
an
accurate
picture
of
the
vari-
ous
parts.
The
different
conclusions
do
not
seem
as
important
as
how
they
are
arrived
at.
Nevertheless,
as
a
basic
text
on
Soviet
government,
Professor
Hendel
has
compiled
and
edited
a
book
with
many
assets,
not
the
least
of
which
is
clarity
of
organization
and
editing.
University
of
California,
Los
Angeles.
DAVID
T.
CATTELL.
Seven
Roads
to
Moscow.
By
W.
G.
F.
JACKSON.
(New
York:
Philosophical
Library.
1958.
Pp,
x,
334.
$7.50.)
Colonel
Jackson’s
implicit
purpose
in
writing
his
book
is
to
analyze
the
lessons
of
Russian
military
history
so
that
the
West
may
have
some
guidance
in
a
possible
hot
war.
The
author’s
focus
is
on
seven
attempts
to
conquer
Russia
beginning
with
the
Vikings
and
ending
with
the
Nazis.
The
Seven
Roads
to
Moscow
are
the
six
military
routes
chosen
by
the
six
invading
armies
and
the
one
&dquo;political&dquo;
road
of
the
Polish
tsar.
Because
of
the
greater
abundance
of
information
on
the
later
periods,
the
author
explains,
the
book
concentrates
on
the
three
invasions
of
Charles
XII,
Napoleon,
and
Hitler.
Detailed
accounts
of
the
military
campaigns
are
presented
in
a
well-
organized
manner
including
numerous
battle
diagrams
and
frequent
dis-
cussions
of
broader
problems,
such
as
over-all
army
morale.
Colonel
Jackson
writes
in
a
lively
and
informative
manner.
In
his
account
of
the
1812
Battle
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