[Liz]

In 1992, Russia's first post-Communist leader, Boris Yeltsin, made a historic decision to open the nation's archives to Western scholars and historians. Yeltsin was anxious to expose the misdeeds of past Soviet leaders, and his decision opened the floodgates on evidence that proved profoundly discomfiting to apologists for the Communist system. Together with the Venona documents - 3,000 intercepted and decoded cables between Moscow and the Soviet officials in the Unied States regarding espionage - which were declassified in 1997, the new material caused a veritable upheaval in historic research.

For your reading delectation.

[ken5050]

Makes no differwence to the "true-believer" idiots..they're still out trying to prove that the Rosenbergs were innocent...have you seen all the press the sons have been getting lately, with their new book..

[J. L. Chamberlain]

I don't know much about this Haynes fellow but I did catch part of his book tour on C-Span 2. He sort of came off as half a loon.

As far as historians being wrong on communism; well, what a shocker! I suspect many of them reside in condo and the commie planned communities (Maybe even this Haynes fellow. Who knows? Commies are everywhere!).

BTW: I'll be painting my house fusia next spring...just because I can.

Live free or die!

J

[4CJ]

But, as they note in this work, not all historians have approached the material with an open mind. In fact, they write, "We were most taken aback by the vehemence of the reaction among a large segment of academics who resisted considering new evidence."

Actualy, a large segment of academics/liberals resist considering ANY evidence.