MixedThe Wall Street JournalRemarkably, Ms. Kean doesn’t discuss the August 28 notice [from the Home Office recommending pets be sent to the country or euthanized] or Ms. Campbell’s book, nor do they appear in her extensive bibliography or endnotes ... Such details matter in a book that judges the actions of a people facing Nazi invasion ... The most engaging parts of the book are when Ms. Kean tells the fascinating, moving tales of the role played by surviving dogs and cats during the Blitz ... Ms. Kean’s book brings to light an uncomfortable chapter in British history. But given the Nazi threat faced by the British and the hardships they endured, she doesn’t convince readers that the deaths of those unfortunate pets in this 'massacre' are enough to deprive the Brits of their rightful legacy in the Good War.
