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John le Carre and the Cold War explores the historical contexts and political implications of le Carre's major Cold-War novels. The first in-depth study of le Carre 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. Examining The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1979) and other novels, this book offers an illuminating picture...

Reading the major Cold War novels, including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People, this book explores the political and historical contexts and implications of le Carre's work. John le Carre and the Cold War examines the author's 1960s and 70s work in relation to Cold-War history, including the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cambridge Spies, the end of the British empire, the Vietnam War and detente. An in-depth study of le Carre's work, and illuminating picture of Cold-War Britain, the book challenges the...