Mr. Schmuhl has found a fresh angle by focusing on the White House visits themselves ... Mr. Churchill in the White House showcases an essential point about the great Englishman’s visits to the United States.
Not all readers will share the author’s interest in such a lengthy review of the historical sources, but they will grasp the pleasure Schmuhl takes not only in telling this story but inhabiting it.
Well-researched ... Schmuhl delves into a trove of records and correspondence, although he warns that Churchill’s recounting of events was often more colorful than reliable. It adds up to a fresh approach to an important piece of history.
The character portraits Schmuhl draws are vivid and transfixing as the leaders by turns cozy up and butt heads ... Schmuhl effectively shows how yarn-spinning between friends and political myth-making blurred together in their relationship.
