Engineering Communism
2005-12-04T04:55:40-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMzJkXC8xODI3MjMtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Steven Usdin talked about his book Engineering Communism: How Two Americans Spied for Stalin and Founded the Soviet Silicon Valley, published by Yale University Press. The book documents the lives of Joel Barr and Alfred Sarant. During World War II, these two men stole American weapon information for the Rosenberg spy ring and sent that information to the Soviet Union where it provided the foundation for Soviet technology. When the FBI closed in on Mr. Barr and Mr. Sarant, the KGB helped the two elude capture for years.
Mr. Haynes spoke about how the book told three interrelated stories of the Rosenberg apparatus, the life of the spies in the 1980s within the East Bloc, and their personal lives. Following his comments, Mr. Usdin and Mr. Haynes responded to questions and comments from members of the audience. Mr. Munteanu moderated the event.
John earl Haynes is the co-author of In Denial: Historians, Communism and Espionage, published by Encounter Books.
Mr. Haynes spoke about how the book told three interrelated stories of the Rosenberg apparatus, the life of the spies in the 1980s within the East Bloc, and their personal lives. Following his comments, Mr. Usdin and Mr. Haynes responded to questions and comments from members of the audience. Mr. Munteanu moderated the event.
John earl Haynes is the co-author of In Denial: Historians, Communism and Espionage, published by Encounter Books.
Steven Usdin talked about his book Engineering Communism: How Two Americans Spied for Stalin and Founded the Soviet Silicon Valley, publish… read more
Steven Usdin talked about his book Engineering Communism: How Two Americans Spied for Stalin and Founded the Soviet Silicon Valley, published by Yale University Press. The book documents the lives of Joel Barr and Alfred Sarant. During World War II, these two men stole American weapon information for the Rosenberg spy ring and sent that information to the Soviet Union where it provided the foundation for Soviet technology. When the FBI closed in on Mr. Barr and Mr. Sarant, the KGB helped the two elude capture for years.
Mr. Haynes spoke about how the book told three interrelated stories of the Rosenberg apparatus, the life of the spies in the 1980s within the East Bloc, and their personal lives. Following his comments, Mr. Usdin and Mr. Haynes responded to questions and comments from members of the audience. Mr. Munteanu moderated the event.
John earl Haynes is the co-author of In Denial: Historians, Communism and Espionage, published by Encounter Books. close
People in this video
-
-
Mircea Munteanu Associate Wilson (Woodrow) International Center for Scholars->Cold War International History Project
Hosting Organization
Series
Purchase a Download
Engineering Communism
-
MP3 audio - Standard
- Price:
- $0.99
Related Video
-
The World Was Going Our Way
Christopher Andrew talked about his book The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World -- New…
-
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
David Talbot talked about his book Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years, published by Free Press. The autho…
-
From Berlin to Baghdad
Hal Brands talked about his book From Berlin to Baghdad: America’s Search for Purpose in the Post-Cold War World, publis…
-
Red Cloud at Dawn
Michael Gordin talked about his book Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly (Farrar, Stra…