This is an interesting story, one which provides a tremendous opportunity for study. I was immediately caught off guard, however, by the lack of substantiation and obvious fabrication of material for the sake of story movement. Footnotes are not provided and Reston utilizes dialog as if writing a novel.If your expectation is to study an historical thesis, you will be sorely disappointed. This book should be viewed as historical fiction. I did give a second star because, as fiction, the book reads fairly well.