The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War
- ISBN-10
- 0008489319
- ISBN-13
- 9780008489311
- Series
- The Free World
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 880
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-09-02
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Louis Menand
Description
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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