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A review by socraticgadfly
Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler by David McKean
3.0
Ideally, with half stars, a 3.5 star book. Since it's gotten way too many 5-star ratings, I bumped down.
Decently good on William Bullitt's service and on his various personal defects.
Pretty good on William Dodd, about whom I knew the basics. Decent on Joe Kennedy, about whom I knew plenty.
Biggest failing? Thin on Breckenridge Long as ambassador to Italy, and almost nothing on the details of his antisemitism as Asst Secretary of State afterward.
Decently good on William Bullitt's service and on his various personal defects.
Pretty good on William Dodd, about whom I knew the basics. Decent on Joe Kennedy, about whom I knew plenty.
Biggest failing? Thin on Breckenridge Long as ambassador to Italy, and almost nothing on the details of his antisemitism as Asst Secretary of State afterward.