A new narrative of the famed case that finally solves its remaining mysteries, by the author of the bestselling Invitation to an Inquest
Walter Schneir was a freelance writer on law, politics, and
science. He is the co-author, with his wife Miriam Schneir, of
Invitation to an Inquest, long considered the definitive book on
the Rosenberg case. He is also the editor of Telling It Like It
Was- The Chicago Riots and editor of the collection Westmoreland v.
CBS. His work appeared in many publications, including The Nation,
The New York Times Magazine, Ramparts, The Progressive, and the
Times op-ed page. He died in April 2009.
Miriam Schneir is editor of Feminism in Our Time- The Essential
Writings, World War II to the Present and Feminism- The Essential
Historical Writings. In addition to Invitation to an Inquest, she
is also the co-author of "Remember the Ladies"- Women in America,
1750-1815.
“Walter Schneir’s willingness to acknowledge his own mistakes in
the interest of historical truth makes all the more powerful his
posthumous argument that new evidence throws light on precisely
what Julius and Ethel Rosenberg did and didn’t do. And Miriam
Schneir’s preface and afterword make clear why anyone who cares
about our democracy should care about the truth of what happened
here.”
—Victor Navasky, author of Naming Names and A Matter of Opinion
Praise for Invitation to an Inquest
“A major event in the history of the celebrated case.”
—The New York Times
“Some of the best detective work in modern journalism.”
—The Nation
“Shows that the atom bomb secrets which [the Rosenbergs] were
accused of giving the Russians were naïve caricatures of scientific
diagrams with little or no value. . . the execution of the
Rosenbergs seems more meaningless than ever.”
—Arthur Miller
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