The book ias had favorable reviews by writers generally regarded as reliable. and Americans unfamiliar with Polish history and uninformed on presentday Poland might well be led into thinking the book is a desirable addition to reference libraries. However. if they take the trouble to read the authors preface and know anything about conditions in countries under Moscows heel. they should be alerted by a state-. ment regarding his visit to Poland in 1948. He says that because he made that visit "before the temperature of the cold war had dropped to the zero point of absurdity" he "enjoyed and still feels obliged to acknowledge the customary courtesies of the Polish authorities In Warsaw. including the supreme courtesy of being left alone to study. travel. and meet people of various shades of political opinion." When that is compared with the testimony of all Polish refugees on freedom of Polish association with foreigners that year and even in the years preceding. one must agree with Mr. Sharp when he says that he was fortunate indeed. but not with the reason he assigns. The book is objective history?
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