Really helps to understand the relationship between these two figures. Like other books from an American perspective, it makes me want to go back and read Churchill's WWII series; this book gives you a feel for all the tensions involved. As Churchill said, "the only thing worse than fighting a war with allies is fighting a war without allies!"

Lots of interesting stories about the paramilitary side of the CIA. Spans from WWII up to about the late-1990s. A quick read, but a good one!

Pretty academic at times, but very thorough and the sections on trebuchets and counter-battery artillery are really interesting.

Some of Joseph Conrad's descriptions make more sense after reading about the scourge of schistosomiasis and hookworm; those sound like terribly debilitating diseases. This book was published in 1997; having read this I now hope to find something more recent to see what's changed.