Book Reviews : The U.S. Senators and Their World. By DONALD R. MATTHEWS. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1960. Pp. xvi, 303. $6.00.)

• Author: Myron Q. Hale
• Published date: 01 December 1961
• Date: 01 December 1961
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/106591296101400429
• Subject Matter: Articles

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international law. The book is not likely to retain the interest and regard of the
general reader from the standpoint of either style and readability, or content, the
latter being an aspect of a small and somewhat aged potion in international af-
fairs. For the specialist, however, there is some real value. The author has drawn
together in text, annexes, and bibliography, a considerable amount of useful data
on legal relationships between the U.S.S.R. and one of its component republics,
the Ukraine, in a critical and formative period.
BROWNLEE SANDS CORRIN
Goucher College
The U.S. Senators and Their World. By DONALD R. MATTHEWS. (Chapel Hill:
University of North Carolina Press, 1960. Pp. xvi, 303. $6.00.)
After immersing himself in the life of Capitol Hill &dquo;in a manner of an an-
thropologist studying an unfamiliar tribe&dquo; Professor Donald R. Matthews has
produced a book about the &dquo;people who served in the Senate during the critical
years between 1947 and 1957 and how they behaved.&dquo; (His concept of &dquo;critical&dquo;
is obscure since he never discusses issues.) To obtain his group portrait, Matthews
conducted one hundred and nine interviews from January to September 1956
with senators, Capitol Hill staff members, lobbyists, and journalists. His special
effort to establish communications with conservative Republicans and Southern
Democrats ends in a description of the Senate through their eyes.
While he recognizes the inherent weakness of studies concentrating on career
patterns, Matthews claims his book on senatorial behavior made possible com-
munication with interested laymen and professional students of politics. His
book is not, however, in the class of William White’s Citadel and Allen Drury’s
Advise and Consent. Neither does he approach Lindsay Rogers’ The American
Senate and David Truman’s Congressional Party which are concerned with
questions and explore problems that are significant for understanding the politico-
governmental...