7 MARCH 1969, page 16

False Dawn

ROBERT SKIDELSKY The Commonwealth Experience Nicholas Man- sergh (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 70s) Most empires have been lost on the battle- field. Our own period is no exception.......

On The Rocks

AUBERON WAUGH Collected Essays Graham Greene (Bodley 42s) 'A man should be judged by his enmities as well as by his friendships,' writes Graham Greene, in a brief author's note......