Book Reviews : The United Nations Reconsidered. Studies in International Affairs No. 2, Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina. Edited with an Intro duction by RAYMOND A. MOORE, JR. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1963. Pp. xii, 158. $1.00 paper, $3.00 cloth.)

• Published date: 01 March 1964
• Date: 01 March 1964
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296401700128
• Author: George V. Wolfe
• Subject Matter: Articles

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He outmatched Prime Minister St. Laurent in vigor, in use of television, in coverage
of the country, even in popular attention. Diefenbaker scored heavily in his attacks
on the Liberal government over such matters as a gas pipeline deal and support of
Britain in the Suez crisis. The Prime Minister’s attitude, says Mr. Meisel, was like
that of a chairman of the board of a company reporting a successful period to the
stockholders.
The results gave the Conservatives the most House of Commons seats, but fewer
popular votes than the Liberals. The minor parties, Cooperative Commonwealth
Federation and Social Credit, held the balance of power, a situation repeated in 1962
and 1963.
The Conservative comeback in 1957 was won mainly in Ontario, the Mari-
times, and the West. Almost no headway was achieved in Quebec; the Conservatives
remedied this deficiency in 1958, when Quebec seats contributed to the overwhelm-
ing Conservative majority.
The methods used do not depart markedly from those of Butler, McCallum and
Readman, and others who have studied British elections. The relationship of seats
to votes cannot easily be related to other studies because of the large minor party vote.
Meisel’s work is a worthy addition to the &dquo;Canadian Government Series&dquo; that
has augmented so much our understanding of political phenomena in our northern
neighbor.
DEAN E. McHENRY
University of California, Santa Cruz
The United Nations Reconsidered. Studies in International Affairs No. 2, Institute
of International Studies, University of South Carolina. Edited with an Intro-
duction by RAYMOND A. MOORE, JR. (Columbia: University of South Carolina
Press, 1963. Pp. xii, 158. $1.00 paper, $3.00 cloth.)
As stated in the editor’s introductory essay, the book under review is &dquo;an attempt
to gather together in a single volume&dquo; the views of those who accept United States
participation in the United Nations &dquo;but who are, at the same time, seriously con-
cerned about the...