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The problem supposed to be dealt with in this volume is a serious one not only for the veteran but also for many other citizens in our land. The book represents such a superficial and often preposterous handling of an important sociological and psychiatric problem that this reviewer feels that it would do more harm than good to the uninformed and perplexed layman to whom it is addressed. Nowhere in the book is there any indication of who the author is or what his qualifications are for the giving of all this miscellaneous and confused advice and obiter dicta. The tone of the book is on the level of advice to the lovelorn or the more obnoxious radio programs on marital relations. There are more half-baked generalizations, pseudo-psychiatric conclusions and silly preachings than one can shake a stick at. Apparently when a marriage is going on the rocks, the best thing one can do is to have children (page 59). On page 282 we are told “steady