... brisk but thorough.

Buruma’s account perhaps unintentionally demonstrates that permanently yoking Britain’s global role to America’s has unnecessarily made permanent Britain’s subservient wartime relationship to the United States. More explicitly, Buruma maintains that London’s ongoing attachment to the special relationship has thwarted Britain from pursuing what he sees as its 'proper' international role.

... a very familiar, not to say tired, argument.

Fans of Buruma’s works, political analysis, and Churchill’s legacy will find much to discover here..

... brisk and insightful.

A smart, lively political history that illuminates the changing relations of two decidedly unequal partners..