Imagine smuggling Animal Farm past the KGB… only to see it banned in Iowa decades later! Well, this is happening now. Can you imagine telling the CIA couriers who risked prison sneaking 1984 into the USSR that it would one day be too dangerous for an American high school? During the Cold War, books like 1984, Animal Farm, and Doctor Zhivago were banned in Eastern Europe … [Read more...] about 11 Things to Know About the CIA Book Program
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Cold War Summer Reading Bucket List Challenge
Many of us loved a summer reading challenge as children, and some of us still love to spend the summer reading. If you start Cold War's Summer Reading Challenge today, you have eleven weeks to read five books, chosen from ten categories. The categories and the books in each are listed below. You can track your progress using our checklist. You can access it here and at the … [Read more...] about Cold War Summer Reading Bucket List Challenge
The Red Scare Roots of Today’s Culture Wars
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Everything Old is New Again.” A recently published book, Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America by Clay Risen, makes this type of argument. (Purchase it on Amazon here.) It hit the shelves several weeks ago to stellar reviews. This quote from Foreign Affairs is typical: Risen, a historian and journalist, … [Read more...] about The Red Scare Roots of Today’s Culture Wars
16 Book Recommendations for 2024
Holiday books for 2024 come from a variety of sources – The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, the New York Public Library, and the Five Books Website among others. Many of them are on various lists detailing the ‘best books of 2024’. Some are in other book posts that Cold War Studies has published this year. As usual, the list is heavy on non-fiction. That said, … [Read more...] about 16 Book Recommendations for 2024
15 Cold War Books Written in the 21st Century
Do the hot days of late summer have you feeling lazy? Do you just want to relax in a hammock and read a good book? If so, this post is for you! Recently, The New York Times published an article titled The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. It’s the kind of thing I just love, so I looked forward to the release of 20 new titles a day for 5 days. Although I like to think that … [Read more...] about 15 Cold War Books Written in the 21st Century
