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...mindedly describes it as one of "real interest for the general reader . . ." By and large it is not. But, though it will never replace the Hymarx for Government 1, this book does fill a long-felt need for a largely impartial analysis of the theoretical roots of the British Labour Party...
Assistant Professor Ulam's first chapter, on the practical effects of political theory, will probably be of the greatest interest to general readers of this book. The middle four chapters are detailed analyses of the various strands of philosophic and political thought that were synthesized in the Labour Party, from 19th century British idealism to contemporary socialist theory. The last chapter is a discussion of the psychology, practical politics, and economics of contemporary British socialism. It is somewhat less thorough than the rest of the book...
Though Ulam frankly disclaims any attempt to analyze the present policies of the Labour Party, this reviewer would like to have seen more discussion of them. Just how the theories that Ulam discusses are reflected in actual present-day Labour policies is a problem that could well bear further analysis. As he points out, "The power of a philosopher lies in that he can stir up great waves of feeling and agitation. The philosopher's helplessness is due to his inability to control the farther waves of his thought." Thus the "general reader" of Ulam's book is left wondering...
Piqued Editor Martin pecked back at the Columnist Brothers Alsop. "For light relief," he scoffed in the New Statesman, "you ought to read [them]. Joseph Alsop is a familiar figure in this country. He eats and talks in labour circles, describing himself as a socialist. I often wonder whether he makes the same proud claim in Washington. His brother Stewart [says that] ... no one in America really wants war . . . That some people want war, however, is very clear indeed from the Alsop brothers' own column, which went so far the other day as to say that the World...
...Lazybeds. "What need they to work," wrote a traveler to Ireland in 1670, "who can content themselves with potatoes, whereof the labour of one man can feed forty...