Some Recent Works on the Latin-American Republics

F the many books designed for the general reading public on Latin America as a ewhole or r onone or another of its republics that have come to the library of the American Geographical Society in the brief period since the United States has come to active awareness of the need of inter-American solidarity as a bulwark against totalitarian military invasion or economic and ideological invasion of the Westem Hemisphere, space permits reference here only to what this reviewer considers to be a representative selection. It is worth while, perhaps, to call attention to the gaps in a list of upto-date books for such a purpose. Except for sections in the numerous books dealing with Latin America, or South America, as a whole, there are no recent works of this sort on Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, or Uruguay or for any of the Central American countries except Guatemala. There is a very real need for books on all of these countries comparable to those listed herewith-books that reflect a comprehensive knowledge of their geography (not necessarily from a technical point of view) and history and a sympathetic understanding of the people and their attitudes and aspirations. Certainly as far as the North American side of the rapprochement is concemed, we should be much closer to the goal of inter-American solidarity if we could have books on each of them in the class of Kathleen

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