Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (Yale Nota Bene)
by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr
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Author: Harvey Klehr, John Earl HaynesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-08-11
ISBN: 0300084625
Number of pages: 504
Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Reviews of Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (Yale Nota Bene)
Book Review: Confirmation, from the Soviet side, of its USspy activities
Summary: 5 Stars
The authors have done a very convincing job of tying the Venona communiques to actual Soviet spies working in the US before, during and after WWII. Its revelations that high administration officials in the executive branch was a real shocker, and that these so-called "brain trusters" thought and anti-democratic communism could co-exist with American democracy is proof how how we should always be wary of the "intellectural elite". Regardless of how you feel about communism, there is no doubt that these American spies cared more about the ideals of communism, didn't see the reality of Stalin's totalitarian state, and obviously felt the American system was so bankrupt, it would never recover from the depression. I was also saddened that the Roosevelt administration was so concerned about the Nazi threat, that it would accept Stalin and his similar tactics. We see that many who were admired by the intellectuals were really spies who were more than willing to sell out their country for a money. And there is no question that Julius Rosenberg was very aware of what he was doing. Makes you wonder, in light, of the current Chinese spy scandal. This opened up, for me, a whole area of history, which until now, has been approached hysterically and ideologically, rather than based on original documents, as the authors have done here.
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