My favourite of deightons novels about an unnamed secret agent christened harry palmer in the film versions starring michael caine, here. The spy who came in from the cold by john le carre any of le carres cold war novels could have made the cut. Secrets of the cold war meet your next favorite book. Secrets of signals intelligence during the cold war ebook. The love affair between pasternak and olga left me cold. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The author, formerly an expert in counterintelligence in us army europe, weaves together exciting true accounts of allies collecting enemy information in the east and fighting spies and secrets of the cold war. Read on the explore our picks for the best books on the cold war. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Read secrets of signals intelligence during the cold war from cold war to globalization by available from rakuten kobo. The sensational cold war spy thriller by prescott, lara from amazons fiction books store. The author, formerly an expert in counterintelligence in us army europe.
The cold war is revisited twenty years after its ending, with the use of new archives and memories of its contemporaries. Well written and informative, the book is a magnificent assessment of the cold war history. In the realm of cold war books dominated by male novelists and white protagonists, lauren wilkinsons american spy stands out. In recent years the importance of signals intelligence sigint has become more prominent, especially the capabilities o. The secret life of cia spymaster james jesus angleton. A man who helped, particularly the uk, inform the goings on of the kgb and all the boris and natashas and helped hasten the end of that nasty politik. Learn more about the cold war with these novels dedicated to the time. Because fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. Mottram, james, branagh, kenneth, washington, john david. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy by john le carre, smileys people by john le carre, the honourable schoolboy by john le c. If you want to know how the cold war felt, you should read novels. Ancient invention generates energyondemand harnessing electricity from the earth. Booktopia buy the cold war books online from australias leading online bookstore.
Mueller, though, has secrets of his own, and when its learned that hes. In the book, which is based on true events, marie mitchell, a black fbi intelligence officer, joins a shadowy task force. I thought i had read all the important main books on the cold war, but ben macintyre comes through and gives us a true life narrative of one of the wests greatest heroes oleg gordievsky. What follows is a look at some gripping stories, both fiction and nonfiction. But i think this, an early one, is the most effective. Any of le carres cold war novels could have made the cut. Neither is schumann resonance, nor is it known by electromagnetism. Top 10 books about the cold war books the guardian.
Best novels about spies operating during the soviet era. Inside christopher nolans quantum cold war 9781647220600. Gaddis objectively analyses the events of the war as well as the reasons for such a turn of events. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Secrets of the cold war focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle between the superpowers of the world told in the words of those who were there. Ten cold war novels worth reading council on foreign relations.