'There is no other book available that so comprehensively, critically, and lucidly explores this subject matter.'

'For this type of book to really work beyond the level of simplistic postmodern deconstruction, it needed to be written by someone with a great deal of first hand experience and a first class analytical mind. James Waldram is one of the top scholars in the field. I would place this study as the very best of its kind that I have read over thirty years. As scholarship, it is simply superb - comprehensive, indeed, virtually exhaustive. The references are nearly encyclopedic.'