The Haunted Wood : Soviet Espionage in America--The Stalin Era

by Allen Weinstein, Alexander Vassiliev

Release Date: 14 March, 2000

Edition: Paperback

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Soviet intelligence penetration of the US--from KGB files

This is probably one of the landmark books of this century and will contribute enormously to the history of Soviet intelligence operations during the crucial years of the late 1930's, throughout the war and after. The KGB opened its files to American historian Weinstein (also author of the classic work on the Hiss/Chambers case, PERJURY, just recently out in a revised edition from Random House also) and his Russian counterpart as part of a sequence of studies of intelligence operations as seen in through the eyes of participants on both sides. THE HAUNTED WOOD answers many questions, including what was the real role of Alger Hiss and how effective KGB, GRU and other Soviet intelligence penetration was--and how ineffectively they used so much of this goldmine of information. This will be a definitive study--and a superb, engrossing read--for decades to come.

Difficult Truths for the Left Wing and Fellow Travelers

This book should be required reading for the left wing sympathizers who still maintain the fiction of: a. Alger Hiss was innocent, b. Elia Kazan is a bad guy, c. The Rosenbergs were innocent, d.the Communist Party of the United States was not affiliated with the Kremlin, e. Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley were lying. This history, illuminated by KGB files, uncovers the lies and deceit of the fellow travelers and communists who claimed their innocence. They committed treason and should be ashamed of it.