Books: The First One-Worlder

ALEXANDER THE GREAT (252 pp.) —Charles Alexander Robinson Jr.—Dutton ($3.75).

This brief portrait of the Macedonian who died at 33 with no more worlds to conquer is an attempt to correct what the author believes is one of history's greatest heresies—the estimate of Alexander as no more than a bloodthirsty conqueror. Professor Robinson of Brown University makes his hero the first man to work for "one world." His conclusions: Alexander originated the idea of the brotherhood of man, was the first ruler to encourage racial equality among his subjects, "ultimately conceived the idea of a common culture for the world."

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