"[I]t is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in, and to punish with exception severity all members of their own race who have warmed their hands at the invaders' hearth."

Bin Laden? Sadr? Zarqawi? Nope! These pleasant thoughts were penned by Sir Winston Churchill. Aside from crankery like that -- or perhaps because of it -- this is a thoroughly enjoyable set of books (so far at least).