THIS book, by a well-known American journalist, the author of
In Search of History and Not Peace But a Sword, is a first-hand account by the author of his European and Far Eastern experiences between 1935 and 1942. Mr. Sheean is a journalist of a superior order ; he writes soberly but vividly, with a welcome lack of smart- ness. He has known interesting and important people wherever he has gone. His -comments on the Hess affair are those of a shrewd and impartial observer. He commends Churchill's wise handling of the affair and it is his opinion that this was a serious effort by Hitler to bamboozle Britain into losing the war and that if the affair had been mishandled by Churchill it might have lost us Russia as an ally. As an American prejudiced against England, he admits to being won over by the Battle of Britain. This is a fascinating record of the period made by an exceptionally .intelligent observer.
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