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In the Name of Security

The Trials of Alger Hiss, The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Peter Goodchild
John de Lancie
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The Trial of Alger Hiss, The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer. At the height of the cold War, American democracy was challenged by the anti-Communist atmosphere of the McCarthy era. IN THE NAME OF SECURITY re-opens three famous spy cases that rocked America between 1948 and 1954: Alger Hiss, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Each hour-long program combines dramatic re-enactments based on original trial transcripts, archival material, new evidence, the latest assessments of American historians and scientists, and the commentaries of relatives and friends of the accused.

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  • Release date

    April 12, 2006

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781580814638
      • File size: 85496 KB
      • Duration: 02:58:06

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Martin Jenkins is a seasoned BBC producer who frequently works in this country. Equally adept at documentary and radio drama--he here combines these skills, with the help of codirector John Theochari--to present docudramas on the McCarthy-era spy trials of Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs and J. Robert Oppenheimer. The trilogy is atypical for the L. A. Theatre Works, which normally tapes its audio plays in front of a studio audience. These BBC coproductions benefit from the controlled studio conditions under which they were made. They combine reenactments with interviews of historians and eyewitnesses for heightened realism. It's difficult to single out individuals from the outstanding cast, particularly when the sense of ensemble is so strong. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine

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