{"product_id":"cold-warriors-writers-who-waged-the-literary-cold-war-isbn-9780062449818","title":"Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003ethis brilliant account of the literary war within the Cold War, novelists and\u003cbr\u003epoets become embroiled in a dangerous game of betrayal, espionage, and\u003cbr\u003econspiracy at the heart of the vicious conflict fought between the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003eand the West\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Cold War, literature was\u003cbr\u003eboth sword and noose. Novels, essays, and poems could win the hearts and minds\u003cbr\u003eof those caught between the competing creeds of capitalism and communism. They\u003cbr\u003ecould also lead to blacklisting, exile, imprisonment, or execution for their\u003cbr\u003eauthors if they offended those in power. The clandestine intelligence services\u003cbr\u003eof the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union recruited secret agents and\u003cbr\u003eestablished vast propaganda networks devoted to literary warfare. But the\u003cbr\u003ebattles were personal, too: friends turned on one another, lovers were split by\u003cbr\u003epolitical fissures, artists were undermined by inadvertent complicities. And\u003cbr\u003ewhile literary battles were fought in print, sometimes the pen was exchanged\u003cbr\u003efor a gun, the bookstore for the battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCold Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e, Duncan White vividly chronicles how this ferocious intellectual struggle was\u003cbr\u003ewaged on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Among those involved were George\u003cbr\u003eOrwell, Stephen Spender, Mary McCarthy, Graham Greene, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,\u003cbr\u003eJohn le Carré, Anna Akhmatova, Richard Wright, Ernest Hemingway, Boris\u003cbr\u003ePasternak, Gioconda Belli, and Václav Havel. Here, too, are the spies,\u003cbr\u003egovernment officials, military officers, publishers, politicians, and critics\u003cbr\u003ewho helped turn words into weapons at a time when the stakes could not have\u003cbr\u003ebeen higher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing\u003cbr\u003eupon years of archival research and the latest declassified intelligence, \u003cem\u003eCold Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e is both a gripping saga of prose and\u003cbr\u003epolitics, and a welcome reminder that--at a moment when ignorance is all too\u003cbr\u003efrequently celebrated and reading is seen as increasingly irrelevant--writers\u003cbr\u003eand books \u003cem\u003ecan \u003c\/em\u003echange the world.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Both profound and profoundly important and as engaging as a gripping Cold War thriller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A stunning achievement. Duncan White combines deep research, epic sweep, and sparkling writing to give us the best account of the literary Cold War to date.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHugh Wilford author of The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Irresistible…In the battle over ideas, the pen is truly mightier than the sword.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCold Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e reads like a thriller…However, this is also a book about personal and political liberty; about the freedom to write, mock and dissent; about truth, lies and wilful ignorance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating… As in all the best works of nonfiction, comedy and tragedy rub up against each other with wonderful inappropriateness.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ambitious and constantly rewarding…A reminder of a time when literature was a life-or-death matter.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In providing a chronicle of his own and by examining the writings of Arthur Koestler, George Orwell, Mary McCarthy, Stephen Spender, Graham Greene, John le Carré, et al., Duncan White shows us how the Cold War is not just a historical stand-off, but perhaps a literary creation…. An extraordinary book, endlessly thought-provoking and inspiring. I’m deeply jealous. I wish I had written it.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErrol Morris, Academy Award-winning director of The Fog of War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A compelling reminder of literature’s influence—and vulnerability—in a world of power politics.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Riveting and insightful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Cold Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e is a big and brash book at the heart of which is the surprise that all in all, even in these godforsaken times, the pen managed to remain mightier than the sword.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Consistently absorbing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gripping and lively…Exploring espionage, imprisonment, and authors played like chess pieces by powerful heads of state, White’s book weaves together deeply researched Cold War machinations with a savvy and intelligent look at the literature produced in its midst, who created it, and how.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Definitive…White’s meticulous account of these times unfolds a bit like a thriller itself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Outline\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Easily one of the best literary history books you’ll read in 2019.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInsideHook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant…a marvelous tapestry of postwar literature and politics. Now more than ever we need a book like this to remind us of the importance of writers and the written word.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin Birmingham author of The Most Dangerous Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCold Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e is a formidable, engrossing and almost flawless achievement.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"White handles hefty quantities of research effortlessly, combining multiple biographies with a broader overview of the period. His energetic, anecdote-laden prose will have you hooked all the way from Orwell to le Carré.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One reason the Cold War was won without becoming hot is that some books were as explosive as bombs. 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