Cold War-era spy novels have much to tell us about the US, China and the new year
Post Gary Oldman as secret agent George Smiley in an adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Photo: Focus Features READ FULL ARTICLE + FOLLOW Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major universities across Asia, as part of the LMU’s path-finding Asia Media International Centre. He is also the author of 13 books, including the bestsellers “Confessions of an American Me...
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