Cold War Books

Books set against the long shadow of the standoff between the Soviet Union and the West, from Berlin to Moscow to Washington.

6 books

American Tabloid by James Ellroy book cover

American Tabloid

James Ellroy, 1995

Eon by Greg Bear book cover

Eon

Greg Bear, 1985

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll book cover

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll, 2004

Leaving Berlin book cover

Leaving Berlin

The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott book cover

The Secrets We Kept

Lara Prescott, 2019

Underworld book cover

Underworld