Planetary Legion: A Study of War and Peace, 1940-1980

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TitlePlanetary Legion: A Study of War and Peace, 1940-1980
Year for Search1960
Authors[Matarisvan], [Marion](1920-2009)
Tertiary AuthorsRexner, Romulus [pseud.]
Date Published1960/1961
PublisherVeritas Foundation Publication Centre
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Eutopia. The novel begins with World War II, but the period after the war is transformed by the development of a world united by the Planetary Legion for Peace, a movement that leads to the eutopia. Rejects both capitalism and communism in favor of “universal cooperation”. Emphasis on those aspects of all religions that lead to peace.
Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. Los Angeles, CA: Pantheon Press-G.E., 1967. Rev. as Planetary Legion for Peace: Story of Their War and Our Peace, 1940-2000. London: Veritas Foundation Publication Centre, 1987. Fiction with a non-fiction “Author’s Preface” (7-14). 
Info Notes

The 1987 ed. has a note that the book was first published in Japan in 1960
Pseudonym

Romulus Rexner [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

L, PSt
Author Note

The author (1920-2009) was born Andrezej Marius Toporski and changed his name in 1956. 
Full Text

1960 [Matarisvan, Marion] (1920-2009). Planetary Legion: A Study of War and Peace, 1940-1980. By Romulus Rexner [pseud.]. London: Veritas Foundation Publication Centre, 1961. U.S. ed. Los Angeles, CA: Pantheon Press-G.E., 1961. Rev. as Planetary Legion for Peace: Story of their War and our Peace, 1940-2000. London: Veritas Foundation Publication Centre, 1987. Fiction with a non-fiction “Author’s Preface” (7-14). There is a note that the book was first published in Japan in 1960. L, PSt

Eutopia. The novel begins with World War II, but the period after the war is transformed by the development of a world united by the Planetary Legion for Peace, a movement that leads to the eutopia. Rejects both capitalism and communism in favor of “universal cooperation”. Emphasis on those aspects of all religions that lead to peace.