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On Book Reviews

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2022

James A. Stegenga
James A. Stegenga*
Affiliation:
Purdue University
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Like any nervous author, I anxiously awaited and carefully scrutinized each of the reviews of my book (The United Nations Force in Cyprus, Ohio State University Press, 1968). It's been a sobering experience reading the fifteen or so reviews that appeared. I suppose I should be pleased and hold my tongue, since nearly all the reviews are “favorable,” a few even embarrassingly gushy; but if my experience is typical, it seems to me that book reviewing as a form of intellectual communication is in such a poor state that we all ought to be concerned, if not alarmed. So I offer my personal observations and proposals to promote the time-honored purpose of stimulating the consideration and discussion that must precede reform.

Type
Research Article
Information
PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , Spring 1971 , pp. 145 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1971

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