European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books m Simi new York times list fiction 1 hideaway by Dean r Koontz last week 1 weeks on list 3 2 Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley last week. 2 weeks on list 18 3 Ditney i Beauty and tha beat by gallery books Penguin Usa last week 4 weeks on list 7 4 Una of Fira by  Griffin last week 3. Weeks on list 3 5 Blind eight by Robin Cook last week 5 weeks on list 4 6 private eyes by Jonathan Kellerman Iasi week 9 weeks on list 3 7 needful Tnp by Stephen King last week 5 weeks on list. 17 b no greater love by Danielle steel last week 7 weeks on list 12 9 the sum of Al heart by Tom Clancy last week 8 weeks on list 25 10 Mcnany a secret by Lawrence Sanders Iasi week. 15. Weeks on list 2 11 such devoted Slaton by Eileen Goudge last week 11 weeks on list 2 12 of the placet you n got by or. Seuss last week 10 weeks on list 97 13 fugitive motto by Joseph Wambaugh first week on list 14 night Over water by Ken Follett last week 12 weeks on list 19 15 Griffin a Sabine by Nick Bantock weeks on list 2 non fiction 1 revolution from within by Gloria Steinem last week 7 weeks on list 2 2 Oen Al thieves by James b. Stewart last week 1. Weeks on list 17 3 memorial by Ralph Emery with Tom Carter last week 2 weeks on list 10 4 Bart tit by Susan Faludi last week 6 weeks on list 12 5 plausible denial by Mark Lane last week 5 weeks on list 4 6 the Jordan rules by Sam Smith last week 3 weeks on list 10 7 me stories of my Lite by Katharine Hepburn last week 4 weeks on list 21 8 Mohy Ivins can to say thai can she by Molly Ivins last week 10 weeks on list 13 9 under fire by Oliver l. North last week 15 weeks on list 14 10 us of by Robert Fulghum last week. 8 weeks on list 24 11 brother Eagle sister sky a message from chief Seattle illustrated by Susan a Elters last week 11 weeks on list 6 12 the world is my hems by James Michner last week 9 weeks on list 8 13 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 13 weeks on list 62 14 maus b by Art Spiegelman last week 14 weeks on list 7 15 parliament Al whores by . O Rourke last week 12 weeks on list 34 paperback fiction 1 the firm by John Grisham weeks on list 2 2 the Prince of tides by Pat Conroy weeks on list. 2 3 ten hrs child by . Andrews weeks on list 3 4 eternity by Jude Deveraux weeks on list 3 5 Deole by Judith Krantz weeks on list 3 6 forgiving by Lavirle Spencer weeks on list 2 7 Fried Green tomatoes at the whistle Stop cafe by Fannie Flag weeks on list 2 8 Coyote Walts by tory Hillerman weeks on list 6 9 Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton weeks on list. 12 10 vital signs by Robin Cook weeks on list 2 paperback non fiction 1 on the Trail of the assassins by Jim Garrison weeks on list. 7 2 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 38 3 High treason by Robert j. Groden and Harrison Edward Livingstone weeks on list 12 4 and the sea will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi with Bruce b. Henderson weeks on list 2 5 crossfire by Jim Marrs weeks on list 2 5 tha Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list. 431 7 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 30 b All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 116 9 Don t knew much about history by Kenneth c. Davis weeks on list 31 10 a natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman weeks on list 15 paperback miscellaneous 1 Lite s Little instruction Book by h. Jackson Brownjr. Weeks on list. 26 2 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle and Marlin Natahn weeks on list 74 3 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r Covey weeks on list 55 a a 4 the world almanac and Book of facts 1992 by world almanac pharos weeks on list 9 5 the fat burning by Joyce l. Vedral weeks on list 8 at stars and stripes bookstores latest available list of Best Sellers at stars and stripes shopping Center bookstores fiction 1 Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley 2 no greater love by Danielle steel 3 needful things by Stephen King 4 the sum of an fears by Tom Clancy 5 Star trek the Neit generation reunion by Michael Friedman b an the wears of Peru by Anne Mccaffrey 7 Sapphire Neso by David Eddings b remember by Barbara Taylor Bradford 9 private eyes by Jonathan Kellerman 10 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon non fiction 1 under firs by Oliver l North 2 us of by Robert Fulghum 3 Den of thieves by James b Stewart 4 me stories Al my Liba by Katharine Hepburn 5 More wealth without risk by Charles Givens 6 the Jordan rules by Sam Smith 7 the world is my heme by James Michener 8 prayer in by William least heat Moon 9 backlash by Susan Faludi 10 Molly Ivins can t say that can she by Moziy Ivy sweating through life and death of the cold War by Herbert Mitgang the new York times in a wonderfully readable and opinionated Book that infuses new life into the people and events of nearly a half Century of cold War Fred Inglis in the cruel peace everyday life in the cold War Basic books approaches history through personality. He builds upon the edifice of Lytton Strachey a a influential eminent victorians which emphasized biography As selective Art and not simply As cumulative fact. The two British authors Are Kin in another Way both come across As literary iconoclasts. Inglis a professor of education at the University of. Warwick England has a number of heroic people in his Book and an even larger number of villainous personalities in High places. His greatest rancor is reserved for the cold warriors in the soviet Union and the United states who contributed to the incessant Small wars that killed the dream of peace and Progress after the euphoria at the end of world War ii. As a popular historian he prefers kind hearts to coronets. The cruel peace is clearly and cleverly constructed. It alternates Between events a including the Berlin blockade the korean War the Berlin Wall the cuban missile crisis the Vietnam War the Prague Spring the 1968 democratic convention in Chicago the invasion of Afghanistan the peace movements Central american conflicts Mikhail s. Gorbachev a achievements a and Small biographies of those who made a difference through their actions or writings among them George Kennan Willy Brandt Freeman Dyson Philip Agee Neil Sheehan Joan Didion and Joan Ruddock. To his credit As a social historian Inglis devotes As much Praise to the relatively unknown As to National leaders. Quot Joan Ruddock became one of the key spokeswoman for the generation that would finally refuse to ratify the declarations of cold War adhered to for 45 years a he writes. Ruddock led the sit in Campaign against cruise missiles at Grenham common in England in 1980, she became chairman of the Campaign for nuclear disarmament whose influence spread around the world. Inglis is less impressed by a former prime minister and a former president. He writes a Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan a both of them narrow even bigoted each blessed with Luck Money and a Strong will a by the accidents of electoral systems were brought to Power at the same moment and with the same vision. They returned with a noisy to do to the lessons they had Carroll in no need of Clancy Rescue by Howard d1cus United press International North . By Gerry Carroll pocket books. Tom Clancy a name is on the cover of this Book almost As Large As the authors. It turns out that Clancy wrote an introduction to the novel. It also turns out that Clancy and c Arroll went to High school together. So naturally you assume that Cherry Carroll must have leaned on his old pal to help him get a Book published Clancy went along because it was easier than saying no and the Book will be Lousy. The cold wars demarcation line the Berlin Wall. Learned in the Early 1950s, when the machine of stalinism far exceeded in reach and Power the mad old despots grasp on reality. By invoking these lessons they a awoke anti socialist fear and loathing for 10 years and in a lot of  to learn about the role of intelligence and counterintelligence on both sides during the cold War Inglis much prefers the novels of John in carts to the derring do of the Central intelligence Agency. He says the Cia contributed to president Kennedy a disastrous decision to invade the Bay of pigs with cuban mercenaries As Well As to the chilean coup that led to the toppling of president Salvador Allendc. The Agency belongs More to a the history of publicity Quot he writes a than the history of foreign  the anger that lies just below the surface of the authors sentences is often tempered by dazzling writing a taken As an amiable parody the cold War turns out to have been both High Jinks and grand opera. The audience went onstage Only at key moments and when invited by the actors usually just to vote. In an Odd Comer of the action now and then some of the audience joined in so heartily that they got killed. The last casualty of the cold War its loss obscured by the real heroes As Well As by the mock heroics of the actor politicians going through their repertory was that unspectacular and much mentioned Agency  despite the authors pyrotechnic Al language it should be noted that Post cold War events have shown that democracy with All its disorderly conduct is not a casualty and remains alive. Inglis writes from a British left Liberal perspective. I be properly adds up the body count of the shooting wars in Korea Vietnam Cambodia Afghanistan and Central America into the millions. But he says that Only tens of thousands died in the soviet gulag after 1946 and that Only a few thousand were killed by russian arms omitting the living and actual deaths endured by millions under stalinist Rule in Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Surprise Carroll writes better than Clancy. This is not to say that Carroll will Ever usurp his Friend As the master of the techno thriller. Clancy a literature skills May be hard won and slow to develop but he always was Good at developing the big concept and the detailed plot. And he really is improving at character development. Gerry Carrolls Talent is precisely the opposite. No big concept he does a personal tale. No Reliance on plot Carrolls Forte is character development. His characters actions Surprise you yet nothing they do rings false. . Stands for search and Rescue. The novel tracks pilots who made bombing runs Over Vietnam and helicopter Crews that went to get them when they had to bail out. The author was there. And he describes it Well. Clancy was no doubt proud and possibly a Little relieved to find that he was lending his name to such a Fine first Effort. The stars and stripes Book department says notch s a h is available at its bookstores february 9 1992 sunday a Page 19