The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941 Page: 158

Southwestern Historical Quarterly

benefit of "a generation of students who were not born when
the Armistice of 1918 was signed." The first three chapters
trace the legacy of maladjustment, debt, and distrust; three
more consider the first slump in prices, 1920-22, the first deval-
uations, and the lost chance of bringing about economic adjust-
ment; and the last three survey the second slump (the depres-
sion, 1929-1933), the second devaluations, and the present posi-
tion. An appendix entitled "Excluding the U. S. S. R." ends
the brief volume.
R. L. BIESELE.
The University of Texas.
European Governments and Politics, by Frederic Austin Ogg
(New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939, pp. viii, 936,
$4.25), appears in its second edition, thoroughly revised. It
deals only with the governments of Great Britain, France, Ger-
many, Italy, and Russia, "because of their inherent significance
of political and social phenomena" and in order to give them
"the time and space that they deserve." The first two gov-
ernments represent parliamentary democracy, the others totali-
tarian dictatorships. In page distribution the democracies re-
ceive 604, the dictatorships 312 pages.
R. L. BIESELE.
The University of Texas.
Walter C. Langsam, The World Since 1914 (4th ed.; New
York: The Macmillan Company, 1940. Pp. xviii, 1024. $3.75.
Maps and charts. Illustrations). The new edition differs from
preceding ones chiefly in the addition of a long chapter, "Europe
and Asia Since 1935," which ably develops the background of
the present war. Most of the space is devoted-and quite prop-
erly-to the march of events in the Old World, but the Americas
receive some attention. While due consideration is given to
social and economic matters, there is a welcome concentration
on contemporary political history as the backbone of the au-
thor's treatment. An extensive bibliography is appended, re-
stricted, however, to publications in the English language.
OLIVER H. RADKEY.
The University of Texas.

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