‘Detailed and impeccably researched. Eye-opening' GUARDIAN
‘Punchy and well-reported. Sommer is the perfect person to tell this story' NEW YORK TIMES
‘Detailed and impeccably researched. Eye-opening' GUARDIAN
‘Punchy and well-reported. Sommer is the perfect person to tell this story' NEW YORK TIMES
‘Detailed and impeccably researched. Eye-opening' GUARDIAN
‘Punchy and well-reported. Sommer is the perfect person to tell this story' NEW YORK TIMES
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Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022
Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction
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Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022
Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction
The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in the broadest sense – economic and political, artistic and personal.
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‘If I had to choose just one book that I want everybody of any age to read at this moment in time, this would be it’ Brian Eno
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‘If I had to choose just one book that I want everybody of any age to read at this moment in time, this would be it’ Brian Eno
‘Clear-eyed, frank, wise and joyous!’ Andrew Sean Greer
‘If you read only one book this year, then this must be it’ Sarah Winman
‘If I had to choose just one book that I want everybody of any age to read at this moment in time, this would be it’ Brian Eno
‘Clear-eyed, frank, wise and joyous!’ Andrew Sean Greer
‘If you read only one book this year, then this must be it’ Sarah Winman
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