Ethel Rosenberg : a Cold War tragedy
Sebba, Anne2021
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On 19 June 1953 Ethel Rosenberg became the first woman to be executed by the US government in almost a century, and the only woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was 37 years old and the mother of 2 small children. Her case resonates more than ever today at a time of world tension and conspiracy rumours focused on a resurgent Soviet Union. Any battle to seek forgiveness for a convicted communist spy would, today, at a time when the Cold War seems all too resonant, stand little chance of success. But the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg refuses to die; this is an important moment to recount not simply what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the 'trial of the century', but also a timeless human story of a supportive wife, loving mother and idealist who had her life barbarically cut short for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.
Main title:
Ethel Rosenberg : a Cold War tragedy / Anne Sebba.
Author:
Sebba, Anne, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780297871002 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
345.730231345.7302345.73 SEBB
Language:
English
Subject:
Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953 -- Trials, litigation, etcRosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953 -- Death and burialTrials (Espionage) -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryTrials (Conspiracy) -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryExecutions and executioners -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryAdvice and Rights
BRN:
2282717