The Growing Literature of America's World Responsibility *1. Edwin F. Stanton: Brief Authority. Excursions of a Common Man in an Uncommon World. (New York: Harper and Bros., 1956. Pp. xiv, 290. $4.00). 2. Roger Hilsman: Strategic Intelligence and National Decisions. (Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press, 1956. Pp. 187. $4.00). 3. Arthur A. Ekirch Jr.: The Civilian and the Military. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. Pp. xii, 340. $6.50).