Yeah, Spy vs. Spy is not necessarily about the Cold War specifically, but you could interpret it as thematically related. I included it to let people know that it would be ok to suggest something a bit different. I’m not necessarily only looking for Len Deighton type stories (though they are good suggestions in their own right).
Ludlum’s “The Matarese Circle” (1979) definitely fits as a cold war story.
There may have been 10,000 spy novels of that era that involved the Cold War.
:smack: Ooops!
(Note to Self: New Year’s resolution, learn to read BEFORE hitting submit!)
The Missiles of October.
Since when was Day of the Jackal about the Cold War?
Right- it was about right-wing Frenchmen attempting to kill Charles DeGaulle, for what they considered his traitorous abandonment of Algeria.
Ok, scratch that one.
Ooops, screwed the pooch. This thread was about fiction. :smack:
Clive Egleton’s trilogy * The October Plot, A Piece of Resistance , The Judas Mandate * dealt with a plot by the Soviets to take over Britain politically…
Constantine Fitzgibbons ’ * When the kissing had to stop * has a similar theme, political take over of the UK.
John Gardner’s * Golgotha* deals with secret atomic missiles based in the UK to counter the Russian invasion