Books: RECENT & READABLE, Jul. 16, 1951

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This Is War! by David Douglas Duncan. Superb photographs, uncaptioned but linked by three terse narratives, give an unrivaled sense of what the fighting in Korea has been like to the foot soldiers who slugged it out (TIME, June 25).

The Teahouse of the August Moon, by Vern Sneider. An amiable U.S. Army captain, assigned as an occupation administrator, is presented with two respectable geisha girls as "souvenirs," and learns about the Okinawan way of life from them. Pleasant summer reading (TIME, June 25).

A Soldier's Story, by Omar N. Bradley. The top U.S. military man tells how the war in Western Europe was fought and won (TIME, June 18).

The Age of Elegance, by Arthur Bryant. Third volume of a brilliant historical trilogy on England during the Napoleonic era (TIME, June u).

Invitation to Moscow, by Z. Stypulkowski. Gripping personal history by a Polish underground leader who refused to "confess," despite 70 days & nights of Soviet-style interrogation (TiME, June 4).

Some Notes on Lifemanship, by Stephen Potter. How to be a conversational cad (TIME, June 4).

Man and Boy, by Wright Morris. A quiet little horror story about Mother & Father Ormsby and their average bad marriage (TIME, May 28).