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Engineering Communism provides a fascinating look at a virtually unknown facet of Cold War spy lore--the story of two Americans who worked with the Rosenbergs to transfer American military technology to Russia and went on to help found the Soviet computer industry. Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in an age we have quicklyforgotten, in which Americans could become committed Communists and risk everything for the sake of ideology. --Francis Fukuyama (Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Author of State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, and The End of History and the Last Man ) --Francis Fukuyama

"""Engineering Communism provides a fascinating look at a virtually unknown facet of Cold War spy lore-the story of two Americans who worked with the Rosenbergs to transfer American military technology to Russia and went on to help found the Soviet computer industry. Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in an age we have quickly forgotten, in which Americans could become committed Communists and risk everything for the sake of ideology.""-Francis Fukuyama (Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Author of ""State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, and ""The End of History and the Last Man"") -- Francis Fukuyama """"Engineering Communism"" provides a fascinating look at a virtually unknown facet of Cold War spy lore--the story of two Americans who worked with the Rosenbergs to transfer American military technology to Russia and went on to help found the Soviet computer industry. Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in an age we have quickly forgotten, in which Americans could become committed Communists and risk everything for the sake of ideology.""--Francis Fukuyama (Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Author of ""State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, and ""The End of History and the Last Man"") --Francis Fukuyama ""[An] outstanding book. . . . A valuable addition to the literature on the Soviet spy efforts in the U.S. . . . . Highly recommended."" "" [An] outstanding book. . . . A valuable addition to the literature on the Soviet spy efforts in the U.S. . . . . Highly recommended."" ""ÝAn¨ outstanding book. . . . A valuable addition to the literature on the Soviet spy efforts in the U.S. . . . . Highly recommended."""

Engineering Communism provides a fascinating look at a virtually unknown facet of Cold War spy lore-the story of two Americans who worked with the Rosenbergs to transfer American military technology to Russia and went on to help found the Soviet computer industry. Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in an age we have quickly forgotten, in which Americans could become committed Communists and risk everything for the sake of ideology. -Francis Fukuyama (Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Author of State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, and The End of History and the Last Man ) -- Francis Fukuyama

Engineering Communism provides a fascinating look at a virtually unknown facet of Cold War spy lore--the story of two Americans who worked with the Rosenbergs to transfer American military technology to Russia and went on to help found the Soviet computer industry. Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in an age we have quickly<br>forgotten, in which Americans could become committed Communists and risk everything for the sake of ideology. --Francis Fukuyama (Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Author of State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, and The End of History and the Last Man )<br><br><br><br>--Francis Fukuyama

Engineering Communism provides a fascinating look at a virtually unknown facet of Cold War spy lore--the story of two Americans who worked with the Rosenbergs to transfer American military technology to Russia and went on to help found the Soviet computer industry. Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in an age we have quicklyforgotten, in which Americans could become committed Communists and risk everything for the sake of ideology. --Francis Fukuyama (Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Author of State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, and The End of History and the Last Man )--Francis Fukuyama

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