Focus on Evil.(Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators)(Book Review) From: National Review | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Menashi, Steven | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators, by Riccardo Orizio (Walker & Co., 224 pp., $24)

Richard Nixon, in the throes of Watergate, received a telegram from Ugandan dictator Idi Amin: "If your country does not understand you, come to Papa Amin who loves you. A kiss on both your cheeks." Amin also dispatched telegrams to Queen Elizabeth-he called her "Liz"-inviting her to visit Uganda "if she wanted to meet a real man." Perversely, mass murderers often become ...