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Engineering Communism is the fascinating story of Joel Barr and Alfred Sarant, dedicated Communists and members of the Rosenberg spy ring, who stole information from the United States during World War II that proved crucial to building the first advanced weapons systems in the USSR. On the brink of arrest,…
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Steve Usdin was a close friend and biographer of Joel Barr who did extensive research in Czechoslovakian security and Soviet KGB records of Joel Barr, aka Joseph Berg, in Prague and Leningrad.
Though Barr did not confide in Usdin as to his espionage activities, Usdin was able to piece together a plausible history of Joel’s life and career. Though there are some factual mistakes as later publications revealed, Usdin’s knowledge and perspective of the big picture are unsurpassed.
From Brian's list on the idealistic spies Joel Barr, Alfred Sarant, and Julius Rosenberg.
In addition to facilitating atomic espionage, Julius Rosenberg supervised several engineers who stole vital technical secrets dealing with radar, sonar, and aviation. Usdin tells the fascinating story of two of them, Joel Barr and Alfred Sarant, who defected to the Soviet Union after the Rosenbergs were arrested and helped build the Soviet Silicon Valley.
From Harvey's list on Soviet espionage.
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