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CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold Carol Gordon Ekster the tales within combine toA KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A story as fascinating as it is undersung . . . a riveting account (The New York Times Book Review, Best Books of 2025 So Far) of the CIA's secret program to smuggle millions of books through the Iron Curtain during the Cold War Brimming with poetic detail, spring loaded with tradecraft, English's account feels like it's torn from the pages of Ian Fleming. . . . An indelible reminder that words matter, and that