‘The book reads with the pace of a political thriller’

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A Book of the Year mention for David Hoffman’s outstanding, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Dead Hand, published in November in paperback, in the Irish Times.

‘David E. Hoffman bagged a Pulitzer for The Dead Hand: Reagan, Gorbachev And The Untold Story Of The Cold War Arms Race (Icon Books, €11.99). The book reads with the pace of a political thriller and includes wonderful insight into the relationship between the Cold War’s two central characters who managed to pull their empires back from the brink at a time when they shared an arms arsenal with the explosive power of 1 million Hiroshimas.’

Read the full article here and more about the book here.