Judgment and Mercy : : The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs / / Martin J. Siegel.
In Judgment and Mercy, Martin J. Siegel offers an insightful and compelling biography of Irving Robert Kaufman, the judge infamous for condemning Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death for atomic espionage.In 1951, world attention fixed on Kaufman's courtroom as its ambitious young occupant stride...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (448 p.) :; 15 b&w halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: The Funeral
- 1. Isidore Mortem
- 2. Demon Boy Prosecutor
- 3. A Dream Come True
- 4. At Home on the Bench and Park Avenue
- 5. The Trial of the Century
- 6. Worse Than Murder
- 7. Immortality
- 8. Beaten by the Harvards
- 9. Apalachin and the Little Rock of the North
- 10. Elevation and Descent
- 11. The Forgotten Man
- 12. Hippieland
- 13. The Most Cherished Tenet
- 14. Annus Horribilis
- 15. Some Form of Justice
- 16. Keep the Beacon Burning
- Epilogue: “I Can’t Believe I’m Going to Die”
- Note on Sources
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index