+ Boston Transcript p4 Ag 28 ’20 680w
“His latest volume attains a level of even greater detachment and cool judgment than its predecessors. The first uprush of hot revulsion of feeling against a false and violent philosophy, masked in the forms of the author’s own cause, has passed. Attacks upon the personal characters of bolshevist leaders are practically absent. The argument gains greatly in strength from this avoidance of personal invective.” M. W. Davis
+ N Y Evening Post p4 S 25 ’20 780w
“Mr Spargo’s book is a stern book, but a just one. It was much needed, and it is especially timely now.” W: C. Redfield
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SPARGO, JOHN. Russia as an American problem. *$2.25 (2c) Harper 947
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The author is a sworn enemy of Bolshevist rule and thinks that Russia is not ready for anything like a socialist state, lacking industrial development as she does. “At present she needs capital and capitalist enterprise.” This makes Russia an American problem and “there should be a very clear recognition, alike by the government and the people of the United States, of the great and far-reaching importance of securing for this country a very large share in the immense volume of trade which Russia’s recovery and economic reconstruction must inevitably produce.” Contents: Russia as an American problem; Russia and western civilization: Russia’s subjection to Germany; Japan as Germany’s successor; Japan and Siberia; Russia’s needs and resources; Postscriptum; extensive appendices and an index.
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