I dont go im not a writer who is constantly badgering his publishers to get the sales figures. If the figures are poor, you get to know it sooner or later. People tell you, you know . If theyre good, well, you get your royalty check. So, so long as the second is healthy and the first doesnt happen, im content. Host and finally, paul johnson, what are you currently realizing . Guest currently reading . Guest well, i am reading quite a lot about fdr, franklin roosevelt, because my publishers have suggested that i might like to write a short biography of him. Which is a difficult thing to do because he encompassed a remarkably wideranging life. But its a possibility, so im reading about him. Im also reading about lincoln because i may in the end decide to write a short biography of lincoln. Ive just seen that remarkable film about him, and with daniel day lewis. And that seemed to me to stress some of the wrong things. Id like to give my own version of events. So thats what im reading, to
Mustafa when german submarines operated in the atlantic seeking vast amounts of merchant shipping. And basically strangling british supply lines. This island nation back then was very close to defeat. And the words of field Marshal Allen broke, britains top military leader during the war we were hanging on by our eyelids. The United States meanwhile, the only country that could save britain was sitting on the sidelines debating endlessly about what to do. And they have been running primarily, and from the viewpoint of several americans, and heres what the u. S. Was doing. What i found was an extraordinary story. And one i didnt realize i knew very much about and i dont think most people do. And you have read about the issues, and this focuses on matters of policy, questions of policy. Most of them have not looked at the human story of the time, the ferocious of the fight. The nail biting suspense over whether britain would be saved. The extreme polarization not unlike today that for a