5 MAY 1984, page 24

The Sandtable

J. Enoch Powell Roman Foreign Policy in the Eas t A. N. Sherwin-White (Duckworth £29.50) One never reads enough history. T hat' e s A Americans: they don't read history or , if......

Reprisals

Francis King The Pork Butcher David Hughes (Constable £5.95) T here are places that, even after the passage of 40 years or more, are still permeated with the stench of all that......