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Described as a brilliant book on the treaty negotiations by Ronan Fanning, professor of history at University College Dublin. The hosts quote his scathing assessment of the Irish negotiating team and their 'primitive and one-dimensional politics.'

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Paul Rouse describes it as 'a brilliantly told story' about what happened within British politics regarding how the truce and then the treaty were constructed, extending back to 1910.

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Mentioned as a book by Irish historian Ronan Fanning that both Tom and Dominic read, which revealed the extent of anti-Catholic and anti-Irish sentiment among Liberal Party leaders like Asquith and Lloyd George