Joan V. Bondurant

The significance of unasked questions in the study of conflict

It is imperative that creative techniques be designed for the conduct of active conflict. The failure to explore alternatives to violent force is fostered by an inbred literature which is preoccupied with descriptive analyses of small group conflict or with policy and the implications of nuclear warfare. An entirely new concept is required based upon the union of technique with theory. Psychoanalytic experience with intrapsychic conflict should be brought to bear upon problems of large‐scale conflict in a manner not yet attempted. The central questions and their answers may require the fielding of an experimental corps to refine constructive techniques for engaging in conflict.

PAUL F. POWER. Gandhi on World Affairs. Pp. vi, 128. Washington, D. C.: Public Affairs Press, 1960.

PAUL F. POWER. Gandhi on World Affairs. Pp. vi, 128. Washington, D. C.: Public Affairs Press, 1960.

3.25

3.25. Gandhi is one of those world figures about whom almost everyone has an opinion, but about whose contribution only a few take the trouble to learn. In recent years there have been an increasing number of attempts to interpret Gandhi for the Western reader. The scholar who takes up the task is confronted by a literature initially baffling, but potentially vastly rewarding. In this study, Dr. Power has not been content to rely upon well-known Gandhiana ; he has delved into some little known sources and has reminded us that the definitive biography of Gandhi remains to be written. It is perhaps unfair to expect the Gandhian materials to yield a good harvest in a field such as international affairs, for which Gandhi had but slight