The Voice of Latin America: William Benton. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 21s. 204 pp.
The only people left in the world who sincerely and enthusiastically admire the United States and are obviously trying to imitate them, are the Russians. I forget who told me this, but reading Mr. Benton’s book on Latin America the uncomfortable idea that there is more than a grain of truth in this wild assertion came repeatedly to my mind. Twin souls, a cynic could say. And Mr. Benton’s book, which is a great deal more patronising than it should be, does nothing to dispel this notion.