The Foreign Service Journal, November 2005

superfluous. Issued as part of the Foreign Policy Association’s Headline Series, this slim volume is both readable and relevant. Ludwig Rudel retired from the Foreign Service in 1980 after serving 25 years with USAID and its prede- cessor agencies. Since then he has worked as an inter- national consultant in the design and evaluation of aid programs and projects funded by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program and USAID. Fertility, Family Planning, HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Donald J. Bogue with essays by Steven W. Sinding and Morrie Blumberg, The Social Development Center, 2004, $18.00, paperback, 264 pages. This is a comprehensive and up-to-date textbook in the amalgamated fields of fertility, family planning, HIV/AIDS and reproductive health — with emphasis on the Third World — that will be of interest to spe- cialists and laymen alike. Written as a series of self- sufficient yet interrelated essays, the book presents a psychosocial model to explain fertility behavior and an explanatory analysis of fertility trends from 1950 to 2050 in all nations. A brief but inclusive history of the international family planning movement contains essays on the U.S. Agency for International Develop- ment’s program by former senior agency officials Steven Sinding and Morrie Blumberg. Finally, there is a critical review of current population policy, with rec- ommendations for change. Donald J. Bogue is a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and research associate of the Population Research Center there. Steven W. Sinding, formerly with USAID, is currently worldwide director general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, London. Morrie Blumberg is a retired FSO with a 20-year career at USAID. The book can be ordered from the Social Development Center by e-mail: socdev@computer-resource.com, or by regular mail: P.O. Box 37-7710, Chicago IL 60637. F O C U S N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 5 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 31