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A Covert Life: Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist, and Spymaster

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The only word forthis book is OPULENT.Imagine a book whose subject is the first half of the cold war.Now imagine that it reads like a novel, has a cast of characters any Hollywood producer would drool over, is informed by enough primary research to supply a shelf of books, brims with enough ORIGINAL, never published archival revelations to keep twenty academics in grants for a decade.Furthermore, imagine that it approaches it's highly politicized subject with no axe to grind, no kowtowing to this pundit or that one, and is primarily driven by the twin ideals of NARRATIVE and RESEARCH. That's what this is. What a read! Is bound to draw the ire of mousier historians who will resent it's independence from a whole industry of secondary sources. This is the Iliad of the Cold War, not some bundle of commentary.

Simply a great book on a great man who was fairly unknown but who went from being communist to leading a battle against communism during the 2oth century. He was unfairly treated at the end of his career because of his alleged ties to the CIA. The book is really well written and extremely carefully researched and it shows how a very discreet man with a simgle vision could achieve in terms of power and influence. It is a very intriguing book, especially since it is a real story.