Book Reviews : The Red Phoenix: Russia Since World War II. By HARRY SCHWARTZ. (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publisher, 1961. Pp. x, 427. $6.00.)
| Date | 01 December 1961 |
| Author | H. Arthur Steiner |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296101400441 |
| Published date | 01 December 1961 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
997
than
three
pages
-
in
various
parts
of
the
book
-
to
judicial,
political,
and
social-
psychological
conceptions
of
the
functions
of
executive,
legislative,
and
judicial
bodies.
Neither
theory
nor
student
understanding
are
advanced
merely
by
quali-
fying
one’s
interpretation
of
&dquo;normal&dquo;
functions
by
such
phrases
as
&dquo;except
in
times
of
great
crisis.&dquo;
To
take
another
example,
the
author
devotes
less
than
a
short
paragraph
to
our
conceptual
theory
of
federalism.
Yet,
this
body
of
con-
stitutional
doctrine
has
been
one
of
the
Court’s
most
significant
political
and
economic
weapons.
And,
it
might
be
added,
failure
to
relate
that
doctrine
to
the
analysis
of
interstate
commerce
leaves
most
students
hopelessly
confused.
Professor
Schubert
allocates
41
pages
to
commerce,
less
than
6
per
cent
of
the
book.
His
failure
to
develop
conceptual
federalism
and
to
relate
it
to
the
histori-
cal
development
of
due
process,
detracts
from
his
otherwise
superb
treatment
of
the
procedural
rights
of
persons
accused
of
crime.
He
obscures
the
relationship
between
procedural
rights
and
dual
sovereignty,
concurrent
power,
exclusive
federal
power
and
the
doctrine
of
pre-emption.
If
students
are
to
understand
the
value-laden
nature
of
these
concepts
and
the
political
implications
of
their
inter,
relationships
in
our
federal
system,
the
average
instructor
will
carry
a
heavy
bur,
den
indeed.
In
summary,
evaluation
of
the
dynamics
of
the
constitutional
system
is
a
major
responsibility
of
behavior
theory,
and
especially
one
that
claims
to
rely
upon
dynamic
equilibrium
analysis.
Such
a
purpose
cannot
be
achieved
effec-
tively
without
reference
to
history,
social,psychology,
anthropology,
and
juridical
philosophy.
Coherent
and
organized
use
of
these
disciplines
is
not
a
significant
part
of
Professor
Shubert’s
content
or
method.
He
has
made,
nevertheless,
a
fundamental
contribution
that
deserves
the
thoughtful
appreciation
of
the
entire
profession.
His
sophisticated
use
of
group
analysis
warrants
wide-scale
adoption
of
the
book.
Certainly,
it is
the
most
imaginative
and
exciting
in
the
field
today.
Claremont
Graduate
School
GERALD
I.
JORDAN
The
Red
Phoenix:
Russia
Since
World
War
II.
By
HARRY
SCHWARTZ.
(New
York:
Frederick
A.
Praeger,
Publisher,
1961.
Pp.
x,
427.
$6.00.)
For
some
years,
Mr.
Schwartz
has
been
writing
up-to-the-minute
commen-
taries
on
Soviet
affairs
from
his
desk
in
the
New
York
Times,
and
readers
of
that
paper
are
well
acquainted
with
his
work.
The
present
volume
is
a
collection
of
nearly
150
such
commentaries
covering
the
period
1949-61.
Apart
from
brief
introductory
and
concluding
chapters
on
&dquo;The
Origins
of
Modem
Russia&dquo;
and
&dquo;The
Prospects
Ahead,&dquo;
respectively,
the
book
contains
no
new
material.
It
thus
falls
squarely
into
the
&dquo;non-book&dquo;
category,
and
serves
only
to
make
Mr.
Schwartz’
passing
comments
on
the
Soviet
scene
available
in
a
single
package.
The
various
comments
are
grouped
into
chapters
dealing
with
different
aspects
of
Soviet
domestic
and
foreign
policy,
and
are
generally
arranged
in
simple
chron-
ological
order,
according
to
original
date
of
publication
in
the
Times.
Apart
from
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