Sergey Radchenko Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Sergey Radchenko is a historian. Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor @KissingerCenter @SAISHopkins.
Santa Fe For Art's Sake: (the book)
Theater GrottescoSergey RadchenkoA book about the death of knowledge. The loss of nuance. The burning of books. The endless boredom. We don't burn books but in some sense the book speaks to our own times, as of course it did to Bradbury's. Ends in a (ostensibly survivable) nuclear war. 1953.
Paperback, 2022
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The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthySergey RadchenkoAny recommendations? There must be great stuff out there I haven't read. Ah of course, this is pretty good: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. https://t.co/wYmn5OaHuP. Starts with an apocalypse but it's not clear from the book what caused it. Maybe not as depressing but dark.
Paperback, 2007
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Battleground Berlin: CIA vs. KGB in the Cold War
David E. MurphySergey RadchenkoLate Putin reminds me a bit of late Stalin, at least in his utter inability to face reality. [This is from a 1999 book called "Battleground Berlin: CIA vs KGB in the Cold War". https://t.co/FUAyr4CYoz
Paperback, 1999
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War of the Worlds: The Graphic Novel
H. G. WellsSergey RadchenkoI remember Makiivka well. A sleepy mining town where I spent a couple of summers back in the Soviet days. My grandma used to live there, and that's where I first discovered H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds. Binge-read all summer but for some reason only Wells stuck. https://t.co/dql9sX9PWQ
Paperback, 2021
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Day of the Oprichnik
Vladimir SorokinSergey RadchenkoSomeone advised that I read Vladimir Sorokin's The Day of the Oprichnik, which I have: https://t.co/PhqjPSHz3I. Have to say, it's a pretty remarkable read. A very useful window into understanding the mentality of the Russian elites, and astonishingly prescient.
Paperback, 2012
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Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
Martin IndykSergey RadchenkoHe brilliantly outplayed the Soviets in the Middle East. @Martin_Indyk tells the story in his "Master of the Game" (https://t.co/bPwcSgmqQM), and you will see it also in my book, with new evidence.
Hardcover, 2021
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On the Beach
Nevil ShuteSergey RadchenkoNo. 1 is the utterly depressing Nevil Shute classic, On the Beach, https://t.co/oZhepUrk7X. Starts with a nuclear war and sort of just gets worse from there. Everybody dies. Published in 1957.
Paperback, 2010
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Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
M. E. SarotteSergey RadchenkoIt's also bad policy because we are set to repeat these mistakes going forward unless we understand what happened. Serious historians see this, which is why we have excellent books e.g. Sarotte's Not One Inch. https://t.co/yXdJa3e6cS.
Paperback, 2022
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Kennan: A Life Between Worlds
Frank CostigliolaSergey RadchenkoA great read: Fred Logevall reviews Frank Costigliola's new biography of Kennan in @ForeignAffairs: https://t.co/3JtjdwB8tt. I haven't read the biography yet (can't wait though).
Hardcover, 2023
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Second-Hand Time
Svetlana AlexievichSergey Radchenko“If half the country is dreaming of Stalin, he will return, believe me.” (Svetlana Alexievich, Second Hand Time).
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