Alcoholics Anonymous as a Mutual-Help Movement: A Study in Eight Societies. By Klaus Makela, Ilkka Arminen, Kim Bloomfield, Irmgard Eisenbach-Stangl, Karin Helmersson Bergmark, Noriko Kurube, Nicoletta Mariolini, Hildigunnur Olafsdottir, John H. Peterson, Mary Phillips, Jurgen Rehm, Robin Room, Pia Rosenqvist, Haydee, Rosovsky, Kerstin, Stenius, Grazyna Swiatkiewicz, Bohdan Woronowicz, and Antoni Zielinski. The University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. 310 pp. Cloth, $46.00; paper, $14.95