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By James R. NewmanDOUBLEDAY, DORAN
MASSIVE and profusely illustrated, this is almost an encyclopedia of modern warfare. Strategical and tactical conceptions are analyzed at length, and there is a minute treatment of each individual weapon, of the various types of tanks and guns and airplanes. While Mr. Newman does not underrate the tremendous importance of air power, he does not associate himself with the school of thought which is convinced that only air power matters. He believes that “the terrific spurt taken by military aviation in the last few years is near an end, and there will be no comparable spurt for some time to come.” The airplane, like the warship, in the author’s opinion, must achieve a certain balance as between fire-power, armor, and mobility; it cannot achieve all three in maximum proportions. The description of the end of the Bismarck is perhaps a little imperfect in contents and hasty in conclusion, and military experts may find points of discussion in some of the author’s appraisals of modern weapons and their use. But in the main Mr. Newman has produced a thorough and sound manual of modern arms which will help to make other accounts of modern battles and campaigns more coherent and intelligible. W. H. C.