Cold War Correspondents by Dina Fainberg book prize shortlist a shorthand for a certain

a shorthand for a certain kind of secretive power

a village sign resembles a Constructivist sculpture

and his deserved position in the pantheon of both

the ruble was critical to the Soviet Union's promise of shared prosperity for its citizens

and what it was like to live through them

Cold War Correspondents by Dina Fainberg book prize shortlist a shorthand for a certainForeign correspondents played a crucial role in promoting the ideas and values of the Cold War. As they brought the foreign world to their Soviet and American readers, these journalists projected their own ideologies onto their reporting. In an age of mutual acrimony and closed borders, journalists were among the few individuals who crossed the Iron Curtain. Their reporting strongly influenced the ways that policy makers, pundits, and ordinary people