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Novels set during the Cold War

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Slaughterhouse-Five
'''''Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death''''' is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction–infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years. Throughout the novel, Billy frequently travels back and forth through time. The protagonist deals with a temporal crisis as a result of his post-war psychological trauma. The text centers on Billy's capture by the German Army and his survival of the Alli
Cat's Cradle
1963 novel by Kurt Vonnegut
The Hunt for Red October
1984 novel by Tom Clancy
Red Storm Rising
1986 novel by Tom Clancy
The Bourne Identity
novel by Robert Ludlum
On the Beach
1957 novel by Nevil Shute
Man Plus
1976 novel by Frederik Pohl
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
Japanese light novel series
The Fourth Protocol
novel by Frederick Forsyth
Edge of Eternity
2014 novel by Ken Follett
The Innocent
1990 novel by Ian McEwan
The Ugly American
book by Eugene Burdick
Red Alert
novel by Peter George
What Remains
short story by Christa Wolf
The Garden of Evening Mists
novel by Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng, his second written in English
Watchers
1987 novel by Dean Koontz
The Shoes of the Fisherman
novel by Morris West
Who?
novel by Algis Budrys
Colossus
novel by D. F. Jones
Advise and Consent
1959 novel by Allen Drury
The Quest for Christa T.
1968 novel by Christa Wolf
The Devil's Alternative
1979 novel by Frederick Forsyth