This year, in addition to my monthly Wrath-Bearing Tree column Strike Through the Mask!, I’ve published two book reviews in reputable online sources.
For the H-Net “H-War” historians’ book-review compendium I reviewed Christopher Hull’s Our Man Down in Havana: The Story Behind Graham Greene’s Cold War Spy Novel.
For Strategy Bridge, a security-and-defense journal, I reviewed John W. Lemza’s The Big Picture: The Cold War on the Small Screen.
The two reviews were of books outside the normal scope of Time Now, but I’m flattered the editors sought me out and I enjoyed reading and thinking about the two books’ subjects. Both books described the intersection of art-and-entertainment creations with real-world Cold War security concerns. That’s my interest in 21st-century art, film, and literature about the Global War on Terror, as well, so the overlaps and underlaps between the two eras was interesting to contemplate.
Gve the two reviews a read, please, and stay tuned for more Wrath-Bearing Tree columns. I’ve got some fun planned for the January and February posts.
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