Just finished "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956" by Anne Applebaum, to complete my reading of the 2013 Cundill Prize shortlist books. This was the winning book, and an excellent read. Highly topical, too, given the recent events in Eastern Europe.
Now that I'm done with the 2013 Cundill shortlist, I'm working on the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist. Midway through that, since I'd already read two of the finalists.
Just started reading "The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of A New World Order" by Benn Steil. Surprising readable so far, considering that it's about the genesis of the post-WW2 monetary system.
