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Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (Yale Nota Bene) Paperback – August 11, 2000

by John Earl Haynes (Author), Harvey Klehr (Author)

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Only in 1995 did the United States government officially reveal the existence of the super-secret Venona Project. For nearly fifty years American intelligence agents had been decoding thousands of Soviet messages, uncovering an enormous range of espionage activities carried out against the United States during World War II by its own allies. So sensitive was the project in its early years that even President Truman was not informed of its existence. This extraordinary book is the first to examine the Venona messages—documents of unparalleled importance for our understanding of the history and politics of the Stalin era and the early Cold War years.

Hidden away in a former girls’ school in the late 1940s, Venona Project cryptanalysts, linguists, and mathematicians attempted to decode more than twenty-five thousand intercepted Soviet intelligence telegrams. When they cracked the unbreakable Soviet code, a breakthrough leading eventually to the decryption of nearly three thousand of the messages, analysts uncovered information of powerful significance: the first indication of Julius Rosenberg’s espionage efforts; references to the espionage activities of Alger Hiss; startling proof of Soviet infiltration of the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb; evidence that spies had reached the highest levels of the U.S. State and Treasury Departments; indications that more than three hundred Americans had assisted in the Soviet theft of American industrial, scientific, military, and diplomatic secrets; and confirmation that the Communist party of the United States was consciously and willingly involved in Soviet espionage against America. Drawing not only on the Venona papers but also on newly opened Russian and U. S. archives, John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr provide in this book the clearest, most rigorously documented analysis ever written on Soviet espionage and the Americans who abetted it in the early Cold War years.

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August 11, 2000
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5.14 x 1.35 x 7.78 inches
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This extraordinary book is the first to examine the thousands of documents of the super-secret Venona Project-an American intelligence project that uncovered not only an enormous range of Soviet espionage activities against the United States during World War II but also the Americans who abetted this effort. The stunning revelations of the Venona papers, only made public in 1995, illuminate in a new way the Stalin era and early Cold War years. "John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr have squeezed the pulp from five thousand pages of deciphered cables that verify the grim picture of the Communist underground given many decades ago by defectors such as Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers."-Sam Tanenhaus, The New Republic

About the Author

John Earl Haynes is 20th Century Political Historian, Manuscript Division, the Library of Congress. Harvey Klehr is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics and History at Emory University.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; First Printing edition (August 11, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 504 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300084625
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300084627
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.14 x 1.35 x 7.78 inches

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WSV1975

If you really want to keep your head in the sand and trust your government to defend the nation, don't read this book

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2014

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The Venona Code was the code the USSR used to direct its massive spy network in the USA before and during WWII. Because we have broken about 1% of the Soviet codes of that era, we know now the amazing treachery of the most determined, pro-Soviet, Communist agents, spies, and fellow travelers one could ever imagine. If what we know from these codes were made into a move, no one would believe it. Americans were convinced to become communist, and soviet agents by the hundreds, even thousands, and the reached to the White House of FDR, and directed US Policy in WWII and the aftermath to help the Soviet Union accomplish its goals of spreading communism throughout the globe. American men and treasure were sacrificed on the beaches and battlefields of the world to help the Soviet Union capture large parts of Europe, and eventually to help the Communists take over China! If you lost a relative in WWII, read this book, be sad, then be mad, and vow, "never again".

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Robert Johnstone

What we knew about Russian spying all the back to the 1930s

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2019

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Proof the Senator Eugene McCarthy was correct and the press was wrong. Our government (FDR and Truman) were in bed with the Russians all along

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Venona Files

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2018

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How did the authors ever obtain and organize so much detailed info? Hard to believe the USSR had so many spies imbedded
In our goverment at such high levels.... Senator Joe Mccarhy was right but could not prove it because all his proof was classified!
Makes one wonder how many spies there are now...

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Kevin M.

A Shocking Book, Well Written, Desperately Needed

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2006

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The subject of this book is a shocking fact of American history that, for reasons inconceivable, has been thoroughly neglected by the historical community for more than a decade. The secrets uncovered through the VENONA Project and presented here by Haynes -- all of them factual -- dramatically re-cast American Cold War history, so much so that any American, regardless of political orientation, should and will be shocked by the story Haynes tells.

"VENONA: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America" reveals that, all along, the intelligence community had incontrovertible proof of the Rosenbergs' guilt, and that Alger Hiss was unquestionably a Soviet spy. Countless others -- whose guilt has been debated for decades, or outright dismissed by nearly every serious historian as just one more "McCarthy-ite" lie -- were known from the very beginning to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, though the government withheld the proof to keep VENONA a secret.

This is the story of what was by far the most pervasive and disturbing infiltration of the United States government by hostile foreign elements in history. It is also the story of by far the most important counter-intelligence initiative the United States has ever undertaken. Both of these stories were forgotten and needed to be told. All Americans owe Haynes a debt of gratitude for what he has done here.

The truth of the book's claims have been established by the Moynihan Commission, and can be personally verified by any member of the public per the official declassification of VENONA in 1995.

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Rick Mann

Very interesting work on Venona. If you've never read ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2018

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Very interesting work on Venona. If you've never read Whitaker Chambers, but have an interest in the history of Soviet espionage in the United States read this and find Chamber's book Witness.

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R. Whitelaw

An amazing eye opener

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2000

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Speaking as someone who taught US History in California schools for a short time, I can attest that this book reveals facts that reverse much of what is taught in our high schools.
As an example, the case of the Rosenbergs being convicted of espionage is explained as an extremist reaction that had no legal merit. This book exposes the truth that the Rosenbergs were deep in the network of soviet espionage that has existed since the 1920s.
Its amazing to read the stories of agent after agent that worked in nearly every level of American government. From the most sensitive to the most politically charged events... a soviet spy was not far.
The techniques and style of soviet espionage leaves one looking at todays situation and thinking, if that is what the soviets did then, imagine what China, North Korea, Iraq or Syria could be doing now.
If you have any interest in espionage, its history or how nations deal with each other, you can't afford to leave this off your must read list.

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funky_farmacist

A bit ‘Curate’s Eggish’

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2020

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I waited quite a while for this book after a previous seller had difficulty in supplying it. It is quite good on the nuts and bolts of the spying between the US and the Russians. Where it falls down are the endless lists of names of minor functionaries in the US government who were spying for Russia. The book conveys very well the perfidy of those Americans who took the Russian shilling and sold the secrets of their country. It vindicates Senator McCarthy in his “ witch hunts “ for communists - most of the people he accused had a case to answer. I just wish there wasn’t so many names of people I’ve never heard of.

Eric OD Green

Un ouvrage d'importance majeur pour tous les passionnés d'histoire et les pro de la contre-ingérence

Reviewed in France on February 13, 2020

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Venona est le nom d'un programme ultra-secret de contre-ingérence qui a été lancé en 1942/1943 par un lieutenant colonel qui tout comme moi ne faisait pas confiance à Staline pour le respect de ses engagements : l'origine était seulement de savoir si oui ou non Staline allait tenter de négocier une paix séparée avec les nazies, mais en fait l'exploitation de tous les fax cryptés de l'époque, ne passant pas par l'ambassade d'URSS ont surtout révélé jusqu'à la fin du programme au début des années 1980, l'ampleur de l'espionnage soviétique aux États-Unis des années 1930 à au moins 1953. La complexité du chiffrement utilisé était le point fort des soviétiques avec un code à usage unique pour chaque message, mais le trafic est devenu trop important pour ce système à usage unique et finalement les soviétiques ont commis l'erreur d'utiliser des séquences récurrentes qui ont été repérés par le lointain ancêtre de la NSA. Les révélations de ce programme qui n'était même pas connu du président des États-Unis ont conduit à l'arrestation de la plupart des espions soviétiques, de leurs agents traitants (les résidents) et ont révélé l'ampleur de l'espionnage soviétique sur le projet Manhattan que les russes avaient affublé du nom de code Enormoz, avec l'immonde traitre Klaus Fuchs qui par l'ampleur des transferts au profit du programme soviétique à sans doute changé le cours de l'histoire et a au moins permis le déclenchement de la guerre de Corée puisque l'URSS n'avait plus à craindre le monopole nucléaire des États-Unis. Et il est bien normal que tous les noms des crapules qui furent les larbins du communisme stalinien ou non soient exposés au public!!!!

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YK

ソ連恐るべし

Reviewed in Japan on August 31, 2015

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コミンテルン等によるスパイ戦がいかにすさまじかったかを認識させる必読の書と思います。
日本でのコミンテルンの活動の研究成果が我が国の学会においてほとんど存在しないのは非常に残念で、なにかの理由があるのかと
疑われます。

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Mikenanoda

アメリカの共産主義者が数多く政府高官、職員に紛れ込んでいたことの実証的記録

Reviewed in Japan on June 12, 2013

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戦後、マッカーシーの赤狩りというのがあり、
リベラルなマスコミやメディア関係者が、議会で追及され、
酷い目に有ったと言うが、確かに一部犠牲になった人はいたかもしれないが、
殆どが真の筋金入りの共産主義者であり、ソ連のスパイであったことを
秘密タスクの結果を公開してくれている。
書いていないがルーズベルト夫人も共産主義者濃厚だったのだ。
そんな時代だ。

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昭和弐拾八號

リビジョニストの逆襲【原書】安い！軽い（４１０ｇ）！　　英文多読にもなり、一石三鳥

Reviewed in Japan on March 11, 2017

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【結論】
翻訳の「ヴェノナ」が欲しいが、プレミアがついて買えない人（つまり研究者以外の殆どの読者）に、お勧めの１冊。
本の内容そのものは、他のレビュアーさんが書いているので省略する。GHQとコミンテルンが大和民族を半永久的に惰弱にするため仕掛けたWGIP（戦争責任自虐プログラム）洗脳を解くのに最重要な何冊かの本の一冊とだけ言っておこう。
また、PHPで2010年に出した邦訳版の書肆情報を、参照していただきたい。

【理由／解説】
いま図書館から借りている邦訳版「ヴェノナ」（PHP研究所　2010/02/12 ハードカバー）と並べてみると、この原書はペーパーバックで判型も一回り小さく（面積比８２％）、厚さとページ数はほぼ同じながら大幅に軽くハードカバーの７８０ｇに対し、４１０ｇと半分そこそこしかない。　カウチに寝転がって読むのは、原書ペーパーバックのほうが圧倒的に楽である。

文字サイズと読み易さは、日本語とラテンアルファベットなので直接比較できないが、原書が僅かにポイントが小さいものの、読み易さは概ね同等と感じられた。

碌に英語を読めない私（恥ずかしながら、近年TOEICスコア約６００でギブアップ）が、なにゆえ邦訳でなく原書を買ったのか？といえば、邦訳が事実上、手に入らないからである。　
邦訳版はいま古書市場で異常なプレミアがつき、新本当時の３０倍近く（９万円弱）にもなっている。　
いくら読んでみたい本と言っても、３－４ヵ月分の図書費を投入する気にはならない。

そこで、邦訳版をときどき図書館から借りつつ、原書を頑張って読むことにした（「図書館でいつでも借りられるなら、原書など買うことないじゃないか？」という声が聞こえてきそうだが、私は自己所有の本でないと、気合を入れて読むことができないタチである。）。

届いてさっそく床の中で読み始めたら、わからない単語は勿論たくさんあるが、類推で結構スラスラ読めるではないですか。　　とはいえ、裏表紙の書評（賛辞）、謝辞、注意書き、索引、序章あたりまで目を通したところで１時間はたっぷり掛かって、知らない間に眠り込んでしまっていた。
本文は３３０ページほどなので、１日１０ページで１ヵ月・・・は無理としてもまあ３ヵ月もあれば一通り目は通せるだろう。

ちょっとしんどいが、英文多読の訓練にもなりそうだ。

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