12 NOVEMBER 1983, page 32

On The Rocks

Christopher Hawtree Cold Heaven Brian Moore (Jonathan Cape £7.95) have no wish to expedite communi- cation with the Americans. If we could apply the power of electrical repul-......

Ingenious Fable

Anthony Mockler The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat Ryszard Kapuscinski (Quartet £7.95) This is an extraordinarily clever, rather I disgraceful book. But the criticisms of the......

Recent Paperbacks

James Hughes-Onslow Alanbrooke David Fraser (Hamlyn £4.95) Chur- chill's wartime CIGS restrained some of the PM's wilder schemes, and annoyed his former boss when his wartime......