The External Relations of Less Developed Countries: A Manual of Economic Policies by Hans Bachman. Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1968.

There is no dearth of writings on international economicpolicies as even the limited bibliography appended to this volume willsuggest. One is, there¬fore, justified in being somewhat fastidious inappraising yet another entry in this already crowded field. The bookattempts to cover the entire domain of commercial policies. This makesthe treatment of most of the topics, of necessity, cursory andelementary, since summarizing or synthesizing all the writings in such abroad field is impossible without running into encyclopaedicproportions. Let us, therefore, look at the work from the point of viewof those for whom this is primarily meant. In the words of the author,"the manual, in the first place, is destined for ministries ofeconomics, trade and finance in less-developed countries and for thetraining of all those who will eventually assume responsibilities in thefield of commercial policy at all levels in the government, insemi-official and private business organizations, and even in privateenterprises engaged in foreign