In response to Hal's willingness to be blunt, I will share a snippet from the comment I posted on the amazon customer reviews page for this book: One might question his motives and judgment related to quoting possibly defamatory and derogatory personal letters between living scholars without their permission. I have had a hard time deciding if Fulton just lacked the moral courage to personally interview the people he needed to interview who could have provided a wealth of insight and historical perspective or whether he simply lacked the necessary drive and curiosity to get their story straight. Fulton took an unnecessary legal risk and gambled that he could pull off something sensational. I think he simply shot himself in the foot. Barb