“If we did not begin by crediting Mr Basden with sincerity, we should be convinced of it in a few pages.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p631 S 30 ’20 720w
BASS, JOHN FOSTER. Peace tangle. *$4.50 Macmillan 940.314
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“Mr Bass traces recent diplomatic history from the secret treaties entered into by various nations through the Paris peace conference and the subsequent period. He devotes special chapters to conditions in Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia, the Balkans, and Turkey. Particular interest attaches to the comment on the League of nations.”—Outlook
“Not so much a study of the treaty itself as Scott or of particular sections of it as Baruch but more an evaluation in terms of actual conditions and hoped for results. Less well organized than Keynes but more detached in spirit (opinions are presented coldly, without any attempt to persuade).”
+ Booklist 17:139 Ja ’21
“His book falls short of some of the other accounts, notably that of Keynes, in organization of material, in charm of style and subtlety of argument. In compensation it offers superior evidence of candor, freedom from preconception and party bias and respect for the independence of the reader’s judgment.” Alvin Johnson
+ − New Repub 24:330 N 24 ’20 1700w