{"product_id":"9781935554165","title":"Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA new narrative of the famed case that finally solves its remaining mysteries, by the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eInvitation to an Inquest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter and Miriam Schneir’s 1965 bestseller \u003ci\u003eInvitation to an Inquest\u003c\/i\u003e was among the first critical accounts of the controversial case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, famously executed in 1953 for passing atom bomb secrets to Soviet Russia. In \u003ci\u003eInvitation\u003c\/i\u003e the Schneirs presented exhaustive and damning evidence that key witnesses in the trial had changed their stories after coaching from prosecutors, and that the FBI had forged evidence.  The conclusion was unavoidable: The Rosenbergs were innocent.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But were they?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Thirty years after the publication of \u003ci\u003eInquest\u003c\/i\u003e, Walter Schneir was back on the case after bits and pieces of new evidence started coming to light, much of it connecting Julius Rosenberg to Soviet espionage. Over more than a decade, Schneir continued his search for the truth, meeting with former intelligence officials in Moscow and Prague, and cross checking details recorded in thousands of government documents. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The result is an entirely new narrative of the Rosenberg case. The reality, Schneir demonstrates, is that Rosenbergs ended up hopelessly trapped: prosecuted for atomic espionage they didn’t commit—but unable to admit earlier espionage activities during World War II. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As it happened, Julius Rosenberg was only marginally involved in the atomic spy ring he was depicted as leading—while Ethel, critically, was not at all involved. The two lied when the contended they knew nothing about espionage. Ethel knew about it and Julius had practiced it, but the government’s contention that they had stolen the “secret” of the atom bomb was critically and fatally flawed. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056748642544,"sku":"9781935554165","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935554165_p0.jpg?v=1763657079","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935554165","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}