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DR. WM. BROWN' S volume “War and Peace: Essays in Psychological Analysis” appeared in 1939, and now re-appears in a new edition with a new title. Three new chapters are added, the size of the book being thus increased by about a half. As the earlier chapters were written before the outbreak of war, and the later ones since that event, the reader has an interesting opportunity of seeing how well the author's estimate of the Nazi psychology has been borne out during the last three years. Dr. Brown's qualifications for writing such a book are unique. He has known Germany from his student days, and has kept his knowledge well up to date ever since; he is eminent in the fields of experimental psychology and psychiatry ; he gained close knowledge of the psychology of the fighting man in the War of 1914-18 during his four years of active service; and he has taken the utmost pains to understand the mysterious Hitler and his hold upon the German people.
War and the Psychological Conditions of Peace
By Dr. William Brown. A second and enlarged edition of the author's “War and Peace”. Pp. viii + 144. (London: Adam and Charles Black, Ltd., 1942.) 7s. 6d. net.
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War and the Psychological Conditions of Peace. Nature 150, 590 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150590b0
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