[Oratam]

I have not read the book. I did a quick scan of the synopsis on Amazon and found the reference to the Carter-era advisor intriguing.

It sounds like a good read. The cold war era shouldn't be forgotten. We're now paying for having won the war but, IMO, losing the peace.

[Vigilanteman]

Very good. You had me fooled.

The book is also very revealing about how the Washington Press corps moves seamlessly between the world of media and government jobs, especially but not necessarily exclusively, in Democrat administrations.

TASS (the Soviet news agency) was, of course, very cooperative in providing cover for KGB agents, like this author. But even TASS had the temerity to criticize Soviet officialdom every once in a while to put on a good show-- something we seldom see with the Obama press.