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John Earl Haynes, et al., “Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America” (Yale UP, 2009)

New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies
New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies
Episode • Jul 10, 2013 • 1h 1m

For decades, the American Right and Left argued about the degree to which the KGB infiltrated the U.S. political and scientific establishment. The Right said “A lot”; the Left said “Much less than you think.” Both sides did a lot of finger-pointing and, sadly, slandering. Things got very ugly. At...

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