Cold War

Cold Peace Bridge to Tomorrow by Helena P Schrader

Former Diplomat Flies Into Historical Fiction With Story of Berlin Airlift

Berlin, 1948. A war-ravaged city lies in ruins as the victorious Allied powers guard their separate occupation zones and work toward reinstituting Berlin’s infrastructure and economy. But when the Soviet Union brazenly imposes a blockade upon the Western sectors, it will precipitate the heroic and herculean effort known as the…

BookTribApril 8, 2024

Nonfiction

Retired CIA Agent Has Cold War Secrets to Reveal in Historical Tell-All

Readers may be convinced Howard Blum has concocted an eye-popping, nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat thriller before realizing it is a remarkable work of non-fiction history. Step aside James Bond to make way for Tennent “Pete” Bagley, a retired CIA agent with secrets of the Cold War to reveal. The Spy Who Knew…

Linda HitchcockAugust 11, 2023

Nonfiction

A Child’s Front-Row Seat to History and the Cold War

Among the array of photographs in Grace Kennan Warnecke’s new memoir is a picture of her standing with Ted Kennedy and his family in Leonid Brezhnev’s office. "The trip was highly unusual – and I knew it at the time," recalls Warnecke. Warnecke calling something unusual? How unusual, given a…

BookTribApril 11, 2018

Nonfiction

BookTrib Q & A with Marcelino Truong, Author-Illustrator of Graphic Novel ‘Saigon Calling’

BookTrib: You’re a self-taught illustrator, and the images you have in both graphic novels are very particular, and sometimes deal with very heavy subject matter, which is reminiscent of MAUS. Did your artistic abilities grow organically in the media of drawing for graphic novels, or did you start off drawing,…

Marcelino TruongDecember 21, 2017

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Cunning Soviet Agent Poses as Head Librarian in Fast-Paced Historical Thriller

In 1983 at the height of the Cold War, Russia and NATO forces race to develop superior nuclear weapons programs capable of eliminating their enemies at the touch of a glowing red button. England agrees to house America’s Cruise missiles at Greenham Air Force Base, positioning the base strategically but…

Michael FerryOctober 18, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

Master of the Spy Novel John le Carré Dies at 89

John le Carré, prolific and profound novelist of such renowned Cold War thrillers as Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy and The Man Who Came In From The Cold, died in Cornwall, England, this past weekend. The writer was eighty-nine years old. He penned extremely engaging stories, but his mark upon literature…

Judy MorenoDecember 14, 2020

Fiction

The Cold War Returns in the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

So there’s good news for those of you who liked your war cold: This week (which happens to mark the 54th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall), The Man From U.N.C.L.E hits the big screen. And while the movie—a remake of the popular 1960s TV show—may not be…

Michael RuscoeAugust 13, 2015

Fiction

Walt Gragg Turns Realities of War into a Work of Fiction in ‘The Red Line’

One of the questions I'm frequently asked about my World War III epic The Red Line, a novel about a major conflict between Russia and the United States, is - Why a war novel and why Russia? The answer is not a simple one. First let me say my hope…

Walt GraggSeptember 11, 2017

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Move Over, John le Carré! 5 New Masterful Tales of Cold War Espionage

It feels impossible to discuss Cold War fiction, or the whole of espionage fiction for that matter, without mentioning the master of the spy novel himself, John le Carré. As The New York Times notes in the late novelist’s obituary, his “exquisitely nuanced, intricately plotted Cold War thrillers elevated the…

Chelsea CicconeApril 5, 2022

Former Diplomat Flies Into Historical Fiction With Story of Berlin Airlift

A Child’s Front-Row Seat to History and the Cold War

BookTrib Q & A with Marcelino Truong, Author-Illustrator of Graphic Novel ‘Saigon Calling’

Cunning Soviet Agent Poses as Head Librarian in Fast-Paced Historical Thriller

Master of the Spy Novel John le Carré Dies at 89

The Cold War Returns in the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Walt Gragg Turns Realities of War into a Work of Fiction in ‘The Red Line’

Move Over, John le Carré! 5 New Masterful Tales of Cold War Espionage

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