Covering your ass. It was written by his closest and favorite lieutenants including the academic and later columbia scholar gilbert hiett. He was married to Helen Mcinnes which is interesting because she was writing antinovels that made the nazi atrocities about which was also propaganda in the form of fiction. I believe they are recognizable for the style. It is fairly academic and dry. Suddenly, you will come across a chapter that begins, looks like a goat, in terms of one politician, and another politician looked like a horse. This would be dahl trying to liven up an official report. I used it it heavily would be an overstatement. There are portions that are more reliable than others. The dahl section i know what he was doing every day. I knew where he was. I could compare it, track it with his entry in the history and substantiate many of his claims. I was willing to use him there. Other claims made by stevenson i dont mention in the book. I dont think they can be substantiated. Ce