Description:Based on extensive research in government files, papers, unpublished memoirs, and numerous interviews this account chronicles the history of the Rosenberg spy case
Very thorough and fair book by Ronald Radosh, who is the subject
expert. Joyce Milton is a writer and reporter who came to the subject
later on. Although Radosh makes it clear that he believes Rosenberg was
guilty, his book is not a polemic, but a far more careful study. The
only thing I would fault it for is the lack of footnotes or numbers for
endnotes. There are endnotes, but they are only associated with page
numbers, not paragraphs or sentences. I understand that footnotes would
have made the book seem more academic and perhaps cumbersome for some
people, but I think numbers in the text should have been there to point
to sources for a book like this, whether footnotes or endnotes. As it
stands, the text is somewhat disconnected from the mostly primary
sources. Other than this one issue, I would say this is a great book,
and despite this I would recommend it for anyone wanting to know more
about the subject in detail.