Word: guntherian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unhampered by the naive Guntherian belief that one can best understand a foreign continent from a detailed observation of the idiosyncrasies of the more important political figures, Mr. Herring has left the state buildings to mingle with "textile workers, scholars, bartenders, bootblacks, priests, schoolteachers, shopkeepers, and boys on the street." He points to the influence of their Spanish background, estimates the power of the Catbolic Church and the German and Japanese fifth columus, and fully develops the economic and political situations of the ABC countries in particular. He warns that the proletarians and growing middle classes are pro-American...
...says it often and well-about the role the Nazis are playing in South America. But his fears are outweighed by his optimism about the intra-continental solidarity he feels is being rapidly established. His book is a valuable piece of work, enormously readable, and full of those neat Guntherian tricks that make him one of our top-notch reporters...
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