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The Brother: The Untold Story of Atomic Spy David Greenglass and How He Sent His Sister, Ethel Rosenberg, to the Electric Chair cover

The Brother: The Untold Story of Atomic Spy David Greenglass and How He Sent His Sister, Ethel Rosenberg, to the Electric Chair

Sam Roberts

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#2417 of 3,809 books · #795 in History

Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2001).

The largely untold story of the Rosenberg spy case. It follows the espionage trial that led to the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, focusing on the memories of Ethel's brother, David Greenglass. He was the spy ring's man inside Los Alamos while America was developing the atomic bomb, and his confession saved his wife from indictment but implicated his sister and her husband, ultimately sending them to the electric chair. In this account, Greenglass admits for the first time to lying about the memory of his sister's role. Recounting this bitter episode in American history, The Brother is a dramatic and cautionary tale of families, state power in times of fear and repression, and the all-too-human capacity for rationalization.

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Publisher
Samuel French, Incorporated
ISBN-13
9780573699481
Genre
History
Topics
Cold War espionageRosenberg spy caseAtomic bomb secrets

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