A massive book. Highpoints include postwar Berlin and the events leading up to the Bay of Pigs. A major problem though, is that there are too many low points; too many points when I wondered why I was reading this. The entire period spent on Montevidio, as well as the psychological theory of Alpha and Omega were carried out far too long. Part of the difficulty, I suppose, is that nothing ever really happens to Hubbard. He is merely a device for recording events and does not partake in any of them. In the end, far too long a book for the satisfaction it delivered.