The Struggle for Europe, by Chester Wilmot. An exceptionally well-written history of World War,II by an Englishman provocatively critical of U.S. generalship and diplomacy (TIME, March 31).
Look Down in Mercy, by Walter Baxter. A strong, tough-grained first novel about the collapse of a British army captain in Burma (TIME, March 17).
The Goshawk, by T. H. White. What one man discovered about hawks, and himself, when he set out to learn the medieval art of hawking (TIME. March 10).
Adventures in Two Worlds, by A. J. Cronin. Autobiographical tales by a physician who...