John le Carré and the Cold War - Manning, Toby

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Résumé :

Dedication
Acknowledgements

Introduction: 'A Nation's Political Health'

The enemy
The state
The nation
Cold-War consensus to critical consensus

Chapter 1. 'Murderers and Spies': The Communist Threat and Call for the Dead
'Mass philosophy': The Cold-War enemy
'A symbol of nothing at all': The British state
'Deep love of England': Imagining the nation
'Who was then the gentleman?': Nation, state and enemy

Chapter 2. 'Breeze Blocks and Barbed Wire': The Berlin Wall and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
'Party Terms': The communist enemy
'Not quite a gentleman': Leamas and the classless British nation
'We are defensive': English empiricism, ideology and the British state

Chapter 3. 'Looking at His Own Reflection': The Establishment and The Looking Glass War
'A sort of Cuba situation': Reflections of the enemy
'Government hirings': The Department, the Circus and the British state
'The mystery of England': The nation and class

Chapter 4. 'Holding the World Together': The Cambridge Spies and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
'The imminent collapse of the nation': England and the establishment
'Russians taken over the government': The infiltrated British state
'Fanaticism' and 'mindless treason': Enemy characterization
'Haydon's crooked deathmask': State, nation and enemy

Chapter 5. 'All One Vanishing World': The Honourable Schoolboy, Colonialism and Communism
'Her colonial grip': Britain, the Empire and the special relationship
'A spreading plague': Communism and Southeast Asia

Chapter 6. 'Only People': Humanism, Populism, the Second Cold War and Smiley's People
'Deniable blessing': Smiley and the British state
'British to the core': Smiley's tour of the nation
'The danger is absolute: Karla and communism
'Half-angels' and 'half-devils': Smiley, Karla and the Cold War

Conclusion: 'Man, Not the Mass'
The enemy
The state
The nation

Appendix I: Plot Synopses
Bibliography
Index