The Unquiet Death Of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
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Few cases in American legal history have ignited such fierce debate as the 1953 execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a husband and wife convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union at the height of Cold War paranoia. The Unquiet Death of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg by Alvin H. Goldstein presents a meticulous and unflinching reexamination of one of the twentieth century's most controversial capital punishment cases, chronicling the political climate, the courtroom drama, and the public outcry that surrounded the couple's fate. With an introduction by celebrated civil liberties champion Nat Hentoff, this work cuts through decades of propaganda and fear to scrutinize the evidence, the witnesses, and the judicial process that sent two Americans to the electric chair. Goldstein's narrative argues with compelling authority that the Rosenberg case was as much a product of McCarthyite hysteria as it was a matter of law, raising profound questions about justice, civil liberties, and state power that remain deeply relevant today. This is essential reading for anyone who believes that the full truth of what happened to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg has never fully been told — because it hasn't.
Author: Alvin H. Goldstein
Format: Paperback
Published: 1975, Lawrence Hill & Company
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; worn cover,
Few cases in American legal history have ignited such fierce debate as the 1953 execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a husband and wife convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union at the height of Cold War paranoia. The Unquiet Death of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg by Alvin H. Goldstein presents a meticulous and unflinching reexamination of one of the twentieth century's most controversial capital punishment cases, chronicling the political climate, the courtroom drama, and the public outcry that surrounded the couple's fate. With an introduction by celebrated civil liberties champion Nat Hentoff, this work cuts through decades of propaganda and fear to scrutinize the evidence, the witnesses, and the judicial process that sent two Americans to the electric chair. Goldstein's narrative argues with compelling authority that the Rosenberg case was as much a product of McCarthyite hysteria as it was a matter of law, raising profound questions about justice, civil liberties, and state power that remain deeply relevant today. This is essential reading for anyone who believes that the full truth of what happened to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg has never fully been told — because it hasn't.