An excellent history of the sinking of the Lusitania. The description of the act itself and its consequences are riveting. The introductory material is less so; the author finds President Wilson's love letters more interesting than I do. The subsequent attacks on Captain Turner interested me. They are completely analogous to the hoary description of the third stage of a project (the stages are: euphoria, disillusionment, persecution of the innocent and adulation for the uninvolved). I have, like so many, sadly fallen into this category myself, although admittedly in less disastrous circumstances. Churchill, great man though he undoubtedly was, is shown here as the weasel that he could be. I recommend reading the notes, even if after you've finished the text, there are some entertaining stories there.