The CIA Book Club
the best-kept secret of the cold war
$31.19
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2025
Summary
The Literary Cold War: How the CIA Used Books to Break the Iron Curtain
For almost five decades after the Second World War, Europe was divided by the longest and most heavily guarded border on earth. The Iron Curtain, a near-impenetrable barrier of wire and wall, tank traps, minefields, watchtowers and men with dogs, stretched for 4,300 miles from the Arctic to the Black Sea. No physical combat would take place along this frontier: the risk of nuclear annihilation was too high for t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008495138 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008495130 |
| Author: | Charlie English |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | William Collins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK SMUGGLERS OF TIMBUKTU
‘An exemplary work of investigative journalism that is also a wonderfully colourful book of history and travel’ William Dalrymple, Observer, Books of the Year
‘This spellbinding record of Timbuktu’s intellectual heritage blends accounts of European explorers to the ancient city with contemporary reportage’ New Yorker
‘A piece of postmodern historiography of quite extraordinary sophistication and ingenuity [written with] exceptional delicacy and restraint’ TLS
‘Part reportage, part history, part romance and wholly gripping a riveting read’ Sunday Times
About The Author
Charlie English
Charlie English is the former head of international news at the Guardian. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he is the author of several widely acclaimed histories including The Snow Tourist, The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu and The Gallery of Miracles and Madness. He lives in London.
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