Cold War Correspondents by Dina Fainberg book prize shortlist the ruble was critical to

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

Paul Robinson's Russian Conservatism examines the history of Russian conservative thought from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present

and what it was like to live through them

and Margarita

With contributions by Ieva Astahovska

Cold War Correspondents by Dina Fainberg book prize shortlist the ruble was critical toForeign 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