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To: tekboy who wrote (35352)	7/30/2002 3:32:16 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

Tim Naftali, the guy who wrote the review of the Carlo D'Este Eisenhower, . . . Interesting. I was surprised the review was as positive as it was. I skimmed the first 100 or so pages of the book and decided not to read it seriously. Those pages were "one thing happened, then another" history. Unfortunately, my criteria for serious biographies is still contaminated by Caro's latest on LBJ, so nothing gets through the gate. Well, not nothing. I've rechecked Roy Jenkins biography of Churchill and may take another cut. It got pushed back in the reading list until I had to return it earlier this summer. Now, as soon as I get through the Oren book on 67 and the new portions of Jeffrey Siegal's book on stock investing, then back to Churchill.

To: tekboy who wrote (35352)	7/30/2002 4:44:29 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

tb@cronyism.com Yeah, but is Naftali another one of Huntington's students? Anyway, checking out the archives at "one of the country's most widely read intellectual venues", I see that Naftali is a regular reviewer there. One Hell of a Gamble is reviewed in query.nytimes.com by "John Newhouse, a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution [,] author of the forthcoming ''Europe Adrift.'' " A quick google search seems to show Newhouse as another member of the FA fraternity, if not a Huntington alumnus. Naftali contributed this other review of interest on Churchill and Roosevelt: International Men of Mystery By Timothy Naftali Roosevelt and Churchill Men of Secrets. By David Stafford. Illustrated. 359 pp. New York: The Overlook Press. $35. query.nytimes.com I don't think Churchill or Roosevelt had a previous Austin Powers association, but who can say. Churchill seems to have left a considerably better paper trail than Roosevelt, which would be in keeping with that Win's historical tendencies. That review closes with this interesting little tidbit of vague relevance on the "Democracy in Iraq" front: One thing is clear: both leaders understood the limits to secret cooperation. London and Washington had divergent interests in several parts of the world, especially as victory over the Axis powers became more certain. Churchill hoped to restore British influence in the Mediterranean and to regain an empire in Asia. Roosevelt opposed empires and was happy to hear that his spies were mixing with nationalists in such places as Cairo and Delhi. However much they valued their special relationship, neither man allowed it to trump national goals. David Stafford's fascinating book is, among other things, a useful reminder of how complicated the Grand Alliance actually was. Instead, within 5 years or so we were backing a French empire restoration operation in Indochina, and everybody knows where that went. Too bad.