"MOST of my essays, articles, and commissioned papers," writes Adda B. Bozeman, "deal with comparative studies of cultures, legal systems, and foreign policies," and this is proved by "Civilizations under Stress: Reflections on Cultural Borrowing and Survival." "I was born," says Mrs. Bozeman, "on the Baltic Sea in Latvia and slowly moved West, until I reached the United States in 1936. My interests in international history and comparative law brought me to Paris, where I graduated from the Section Diplomatique of the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, and to London, where I was admitted to the Bar in 1936 as a member of the Middle Temple Inn of Court. Early professional activities as an attorney specializing in private international law were furthered academically by the study of the civil law in Germany and Holland and by enrollment in the Law School of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The Second World War interrupted my career, and I shifted to teaching history, law, and international relations in the United States, first at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and from 1947 onward at Sarah Lawrence College. The research conducted then was stimulated by extensive travels in Africa and Asia and led to the writing of the following books: "The Future of Law in a Multicultural World," "Politics and Culture in International History," and "Regional Conflicts around Geneva. " "Conflict: Occidental Theories and African Realities" will be published in 1975."

Jan S. Prybyla is professor of economics at Pennsylvania State University and author of "The Political Economy of Communist China" and of numerous articles on Communist China and the Soviet Union. He is co-author of "World Tensions: Conflict and Accommodation" and editor of "Comparative Economic Systems." Mr. Prybyla's special interest lies in comparative economic systems, with an emphasis on the study of centrally planned economies. His travels have taken him to many parts of both the non-Communist world. In addition to China he has recently visited Hungary and the Soviet Union.