PanThe Telegraph (UK)It isn’t clear why Lowe feels such a burning need to dig deeper. For much of the first part of this long book, he appears reluctant to spell out where he’s coming from ... His mission, it emerges, is to brand the Allies as guilty ... These days, of course, it’s fashionable to denigrate dead white men and all their works, especially in America and Britain. But to blame the Allies, who sacrificed so much blood and money to liberate Italy and Europe, for such a litany of tragedy? Frankly, it’s surreal ... The evidence he supplies, however, is underwhelming ... His case is also hampered by the inherent weakness of all such \'if Cleopatra’s nose had been shorter\' versions of history. You can neither prove nor disprove them ... Where Lewis reports, Lowe preaches ... It’s all very well saying, as Lowe does, that the Allies should have purged the Fascists–but who could they have replaced them with?
Patrick Bishop
PositiveThe Telegraph (UK)Fascinating ... Bishop’s writing style is admirably unflowery, and his account illuminated by an inspired choice of evocative testimony.
