{"product_id":"anti-communist-manifestos-four-books-that-shaped-the-cold-war-9780393069259","title":"Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe subject of \u003cem\u003eThe Anti-Communist Manifestos\u003c\/em\u003e is four influential books that informed the great political struggle known as the Cold War: \u003cem\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/em\u003e (1940), by Arthur Koestler, a Hungarian journalist and polymath intellectual; \u003cem\u003eOut of the Night\u003c\/em\u003e (1941), by Jan Valtin, a German sailor and labor agitator; \u003cem\u003eI Chose Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e (1946), by Victor Kravchenko, a Soviet engineer; and \u003cem\u003eWitness\u003c\/em\u003e (1952), by Whittaker Chambers, an American journalist. The authors were ex-Communist Party members whose bitter disillusionment led them to turn on their former allegiance in literary fury. Koestler was a rapist, Valtin a thug. Kravchenko, though not a spy, was forced to live like one in America. Chambers was a prophet without honor in his own land. Three of the four had been underground espionage agents of the Comintern. All contemplated suicide, and two of them achieved it. John V. Fleming's humane and ironic narrative of these grim lives reveals that words were the true driving force behind the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John V. Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393069259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFleming, John V.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJohn V. Fleming\u003c\/strong\u003e taught humanistic studies at Princeton University for forty years. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40747432509555,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":51.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_deb9a7e6-94b5-4227-bb14-aaea80679cea.jpg?v=1678199055","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/anti-communist-manifestos-four-books-that-shaped-the-cold-war-9780393069259","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}