[CatoRenasci]

Thanks.

I think your characterization of Ann as a social critic is fair and helpful. And, I agree she is good at it. As much as I enjoy her as an appetizer, my preference is for more scholarly main courses, but de gustibus non disputandam.

[hoosierpearl]

I read a book written by these two men about the Venona project recently, but would never have tried to find it if Ann hadn't mentioned their work in her book.

You are correct in the impact on future scholars. My son is in grad school in history, starting to teach history so I am trying to funnel some of this stuff to him as fast as possible. Hoping it will have an impact on his future scholarship. He is researching a different historical field, but I've been talking to him about the importance of the Soviet archives as source documents and the Venona Project as source documents. Always better to go to the source than it is to read someone else interpreting the source.

[Liz]

Yeah, right....to each his own.