Filter by

John Earl Haynes

Videos

Sorted by Most Recent Airing
Showing 1 - of 15
  • Last Aired

    Soviet Spy Couple and the Atom Bomb

    Panelists talked about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the spy couple who leaked the secrets of the atom bomb to the Soviet Union in the 1950s. They spoke about the Rosenberg’s devotion to the C…

    2,879 views
  • Last Aired

    Historiography of Soviet Espionage in America

    A panel of historians and professors examined the effects that Soviet spies had on the American public’s mentality and on history itself. They also looked at the lives of some Soviet spies, …

    1,671 views
  • Last Aired

    The Library of Congress

    C-SPAN’s original feature documentary, The Library of Congress, is a behind-the-scenes look at the national repository, providing the history of the institution, a tour of its iconic Jeffers…

    9,592 views
  • Last Aired

    Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America

    John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr talked about the book they wrote with Alexander Vassiliev, Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America (Yale University Press; May 26, 2009). Alexander V…

    2,335 views
  • Last Aired

    House Committee on Un-American Activities Re-Evaluated

    A panel discussion was held to re-evaluate the House Committee on Un-American Activities, using new information from formerly closed archives. After their papers were presented, Mr. Leab and…

    1,390 views
  • Last Aired

    In Denial: Historians, Communism, and Espionage

    Historian John Earl Haynes discussed his book, In Denial: Historians, Communism, and Espionage, published by Encounter Books. Mr. Haynes and co-author Harvey Klehr were the first American hi…

    790 views
  • Last Aired

    Army-McCarthy Hearings

    Participants spoke about the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings. They commented on various audio excerpts from the hearings and responded to viewer comments and questions. The Army-McCarthy hear…

    3,174 views
  • Last Aired

    Engineering Communism

    Steven Usdin talked about his book Engineering Communism: How Two Americans Spied for Stalin and Founded the Soviet Silicon Valley, published by Yale University Press. The book documents th…

    691 views
  • Last Aired

    Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America

    Mr. Haynes talked about a book he co-wrote with Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, published by Yale University Press. He described how the United States decrypted …

    1,080 views
  • Last Aired

    Red Spies in America

    Professor Sibley talked about her new book, Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War, published by University Press of Kansas. She described the history of U.S.-Sovi…

    855 views
  • Last Aired

    Presidential Papers

    Library of Congress officials exhibited the collection of presidential papers housed in the Madison building of the library. They outlined the process of conducting research at the library, …

    330 views
  • Last Aired

    President Wilson's Papers

    John Haynes of the Library of Congress talked about papers from President Wilson regarding his presidency at Princeton University and foreign policy during World War I.

    223 views
  • Last Aired

    McCarthyism in America

    On the anniversary of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s (R-WI) “Wheeling speech,” in which he accused Truman administration officials of being influenced by communists, panelists spoke about McCarth…

    1,207 views
  • Last Aired

    Rethinking McCarthy

    Participants talked about recent scholarship revealing strong ties between communists in the U.S. and Soviet authorities in the early stages of the Cold War. In light of the research they al…

    555 views
  • Last Aired

    Coolidge Presidency

    The Library of Congress hosted a discussion on “Calvin Coolidge Presidency & American Society.” Professor Paul Johnson an author and historian, talked about the influence of President Calvin…

    230 views