During the Cold War, the CIA may have had as much success with books and magazines as with gun-running and spies.

The CIA's International Literacy Center played a vital role in providing access to “the expression of independent ideas so desperately sought by millions.” ...

Forget James Bond. George Minden was the real thing. A Romanian aristocrat by birth, he could have spent his days in manor ...

Joseph Finder, who writes frequently about Russia, is the author of 17 novels including, most recently, “The Oligarch’s ...

Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in ...

Review by Brandy Schillace Read the review During the Cold War, the CIA may have had as much success with books and magazines as with gun-running and spies. Review by Gary Saul Morson Read the review ...

Author Charlie English joins Morning Joe to discuss the new book 'The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War ...

Last week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe released a report that, by his account, finally reveals the whole story about one of ...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, as the Soviet Union imposed ideological control across Eastern Europe, the CIA ...

One early recipient of CIA books was Karol Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II, who even wrote a postcard of thanks. They developed a system of person-to-person distribution, in which travellers ...

Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in an age of book bans, how powerful stories — and reading — can be.

Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in an age of book bans, how powerful stories — and reading — can be.