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Books

Their man in Havana Hugh Thomas FIDEL CASTRO: A CRITICAL PORTRAIT by Tad Szulc r Tad Szulc, a well-known journal- ist. who used to work for the New York Tunes, has written an......

The Greatness Of The Father Of History

Hugh Lloyd-Jones THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS translated by David Grene University of Chicago Press, £23.95 H istory starts with Herodotus. With- out him we should be painfully......

A Longer Version Of This Review Appeared Earlier This Year

in the American foreign policy quarterly, The National Interest (Washington).......