First comment about this book absolutely has to be: "Oh, those wacky hairstyles of the seventies!". Glad I didn't live back then (well, I did, but you know what I mean).

Cooper believes his own propaganda too much to be a very good writer. His outrage when Finland does otherwise even when "supplied with material from the highest ranks of American diplomats..." is funny, but scary at the same time if this is truly how the mind of an American diplomat works in practise. His detachment from reality is also evident, as can be seen when he lists the basic tenets of USA's politics: supporting the United Nations, worldwide free trade, human rights influencing foreign policy, and so on. Considering none of these is by any stretch imaginable true in any way, you really have to wonder if Cooper was off his medication when he wrote this book.