Based on the interesting premise of the book jacket, I asked my wife I could buy it, and did so.

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5. I am most of the way through the print version and commented on it in another thread here.

"The key conclusion Orwell took away from his time in...

I wrote that post early on in the reading, which I was doing in the waiting room while my wife was having a heart procedure.

It's really a most interesting read, and an interesting juxtaposition of these two historical figures, creative in that aspect alone. They had very different attitudes about Empire, having both been involved in the Empire in very different capacities.

I am now reading (simultaneously depending on my mood) Nigel Hamilton's trilogy on FDR's management of the war, and how, rightly, he and Churchill were at odds in 1943 because Roosevelt, rightly, wanted to involvement in maintaining or restoring the British Empire. Churchill didn't like that one bit, of course, but Roosevelt didn't care. By 1945, the US and the Soviet Union were the world powers and Britain had declined to a secondary power with the Empire reaching a deserved collapse.

Thanks for your comment. I've never done Kindle. I'm an old man and paper is my preference for history readings, PDF's for technical scientific stuff.