"Leaders Sans Troupes: Diregeants Noirs The Disenchanted et Masses Noirs" by Laura Armand-Maslow, in Revue Francaise de Science lack Voter Politique (Feb. 1978), 27 rue Saint Guil-laume, 75341, Paris.
"Buggings, Break-Ins & the FBI" by
James 0.Wilson, in Commentary (June
1978), 165 E. 56th St., New York, N.Y.
10022.
"How to Terminate a Public Policy: A Dozen Hints for the Would-be Ter-minator" by Robert D. Behn, in Policy Analysis (Summer 1978), University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. 94720.
the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and 10 percent to the Bureau of Prisons. Arguing that "public confidence in the impartial administration of justice is wan- ing," Rogovin would also separate the Department from all correc- tional functions and from the politics of grant-making.
Keeping The Books
"Are We Starving Our Libraries?" Clint Page, in Nation's Cities (July 1978), 1620 Eye St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
Across the United States, urban libraries...
Paul Hollander, in Worldview ate (June 1978), P.O. Box 986, Farmingdale,
N.Y. 11735.
The United States has been the subject of more denunciation, hostility, and abuse foreign ideologues and intellectuals than any other nation in the world.
Hollander, a University of Massachusetts sociologist, attributes this worldwide animosity to America's affluence, its pervasive cultural presence (which, thanks to American movies, magazines, and television, extends through much of the world), and the recent...
Donald E.Weatherbee, in Asian
Survey (April 1978), University of Califor- of Imagination nia Press, Berkeley, Calif. 94720.
Since the end of the Indochina war, the members of the anticommunist Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore-have sought to develop a "regional resilience" to the threat of communist subversion. It is an effort that depends on Western and-as yet, uncertain-American eco-nomic, political, and military...
Steven J. Rosen, in Interna-Without Gain tional Security (Spring 1978), 9 Divinity
St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
As the euphoria surrounding the 1977 autumn peace initiative Egypt's President Anwar Sadat began to subside, there was speculation in Washington about the possibility of a fifth Arab-Israeli war. Such a struggle, says Rosen, Senior Research Fellow at Australia's National University, would result in a decisive Israeli battlefield victory, but no political or diplomatic gains for either...
removing a crucial personality but to draw attention to an issue killing a re- nowned figure," says Alder. The common element in both cases was "systemic frustration1'-an inability to arouse public feeling in support of an ideology (one nationalist, the other pacifist). Desperation led them to employ assassination-the act of "ultimate political pressurep'- which had significant long-range results that they never anticipated.
Reviewing "Bearing The Burden: A Critical Look at
JFK's...
Tracy Early; "Part 11: A corn-mitment Sustained" bv Patricia Derian, in Worldview (JUN-AUG.1978), P.O. Box 986, Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735.
President Carter's human rights crusade has been abandoned, says Early, a New York writer, because "it endangered too many American interests without visibly weakening tyrannies abroad." Reduced to ab- surdity, "the crusade now amounts to looking at 105 countries receiv- ing American aid or buying American weapons and finally deciding...
Lynn Advocacy, Inc. Adkins, in Dun's Review (June 1978), 666
Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10019.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, along with other U.S. insti- tutions, Big Business was subjected to severe press criticism, public skepticism, and increased federal regulation. A few corporation man- agers turned to advocacy advertising in responsedither to upgrade their "image" or to speak out on major business-related issues.
Mobil Corp., with $4 million budgeted for such advertising...