Book Reviews : West German Leadership and Foreign Policy. Edited by HANS SPEIER and W. PHILLIPS DAVISON. (Evanstan: Row, Peterson and Company, 1957.)

• Author: R.N. Rosecrance
• Published date: 01 September 1958
• Date: 01 September 1958
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/106591295801100342
• Subject Matter: Articles

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slogan &dquo;Wisconsin, Vacationland for All.&dquo; The essence of the Commission’s
approach to such concrete rights problems is to emphasize the positive,
&dquo;expect the best rather than the worst of people,&dquo; and especially in a practi-
cal way to &dquo;prepare the way&dquo; for this best.
Although much of the Commission’s work, in its endeavor to make
friends and whittle away at attitudes of prejudice, concerns the undramatic
&dquo;velvet glove&dquo; work of research and disseminating information, on occasion
the &dquo;iron fist&dquo; of law-enforcement agencies is called on. Thus in 1952 the
state Attorney General, at Commission request, brought suit against the
American Bowling Congress (national headquarters, Milwaukee) to force
elimination of the &dquo;white male&dquo; clause of its constitution. Rising public
pressure, in which Commission,supplied facts played a major role, per-
suaded the ABC
to drop its restrictive membership clause before trial.
In this brief volume the vital theme of human rights in action and atti-
tude is presented in charmingly friendly manner to reach even the least-
schooled general reader. Although this reviewer regrets that the account
could not have been livened up and somewhat better organized, it is never-
theless worth the short evening it takes to read. Even students of Machi-
avelli may find here several heart-warming illustrations to lighten their
studies and teaching.
BERNARD C. BORNING.
University of Idaho.
West German Leadership and Foreign Policy. Edited by HANS SPEIER and
W. PHILLIPS DAVISON. (Evanstan: Row, Peterson and Company, 1957.)
The seven contributors of the Rand Corporation’s new study of West
German attitudes have made an important addition to the growing litera-
ture on one of our most significant but least understood allies. Six of the
eight essays in the symposium are based on interviews with German leaders
held by the authors during 1953-55 under the auspices of the Rand Cor-
poration ; the...