John le Carré and the Cold War

by Toby Manning

Book Overview

John le Carr and the Cold Warexplores the historical contexts and political implications of le Carr 's major Cold-War novels. The first in-depth study of le Carr this century, this book analyses his work in light of key topics in 20th-century history, including containment of Communism, decolonization, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, the Cambridge spy-ring, the Vietnam War, the 70s oil crisis and Thatcherism.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350122165
• ISBN13: 9781350122161
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"