Cold War


The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Cold War: A New History
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
The Cold War: A World History
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
All the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCullough
American Politics
491 books — 138 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson MorleyA Spy Named Orphan by Roland PhilippsStalin's Englishman by Andrew LownieTreason in the Blood by Anthony Cave Brown
Cambridge Spy Ring (nonfiction)
30 books — 11 voters

The Coldest Winter by David HalberstamThe Korean War by Max HastingsOn Desperate Ground by Hampton SidesFrozen Chosin by Edwin H. SimmonsThis Kind of War by T.R. Fehrenbach
Korean War
132 books — 52 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Frederick DavidsonA People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
583 books — 424 voters

Casino Royale by Ian FlemingFrom Russia with Love by Ian FlemingMoonraker by Ian FlemingLive and Let Die by Ian FlemingOn Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
90 books — 93 voters
On the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankThe 40 Minute War by Janet E. MorrisSwan Song by Robert McCammon
Fictional Books About Nuclear War
24 books — 31 voters

Ronald Reagan
Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose. ...more
Ronald Reagan, U.S.S.R.-U.S.A. Summit, Moscow, May 29-June 2, 1988

Karl Braungart
I want to follow your orders, but, I…I still work for military intelligence, and I need permission to travel out of my stationed area.
Karl Braungart, Counter Identity

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