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A philosophical inquiry into the role of values in modern, liberal society gradually turns into a culture war, a crusade against liberals themselves — the true, internal "enemy" in what he calls "my cold war," "the real cold war".
John Delano, the harried narrator of Tom Piazza's first novel, MY COLD WAR (ReganBooks, $24.95), is a professor of cold war studies at a small college in New England.
The Soviet Connection Blame my cold war childhood, but I had sort of forgotten that the Soviet Union, was, however briefly, America's ally during World War II.
I would have expected otherwise from the author of "Blues and Trouble," a collection of stories, and "My Cold War," a novel, both of which were willing to linger in worlds thick with surprising locutions and moral ambiguity.
"My Cold War" works better when it's not in academic satire mode; there's a painful, penetrating authenticity in Delano's memories of growing up in a Long Island suburb during the cold war and in his portraits of his relationships with his volatile, loner father and emotionally fragile brother.
Part 1 of my Cold War retrospective.
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As my Cold War-era grandparents might have appreciated, forced to come face-to-face with my nightmares, I learned to stop worrying and love my bed.
Despite having been told repeatedly that Russians were as friendly and accommodating as anyone in the world, my cold-war childhood left me with lingering suspicions that anyone whose name ends in "ov" or "ova" must possess some sinister qualities.
The facts of my crappy Cold War existence -- my parents' doting but harsh child-rearing, the cries of "Commie!" from Queens yeshiva kids -- are still potent enough to quash the sentimentality I might indulge in as an older memoirist.
I'm sure my phrase 'civil cold war' is vulnerable to even worse misinterpretations".
In my mind, the cold war was really fought and won by the United States on the shores of Bikini".
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