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Title: Popular not expert view, bigotry & ignorance present
Review: Overall the book is a nice & easy reading. But, IMO, it only presents Lesley's personal and popular rather than an expert view of the political matters. One should treat her opinions with limited confidence. I loved the warm touches when Lesley talks about her Aaron. I hated an instance of bigotry and ignorance that I encountered on page 346, line 35 (hardcover). Referring to Bush's visit in Poland (July, 1989) she concludes: "The Poles (with help from their friendly neighborhood Germans) had killed off their tradesmen, the Jews, in the 1940's." Well, I don't need to explain that it is a historical & political fallacy, do I? What is less obvious is that it is a potentially harmful revisionist statement, possibly triggered by some ethnic prejudice.
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