Harvey Klehr

Harvey E. Klehr (born December 25, 1945) is an American historian, author, and professor known for his extensive research on American communism and Soviet espionage in the United States. Klehr's work has significantly contributed to the understanding of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and the penetration of Soviet intelligence networks into American institutions.

Educated at Franklin and Marshall College, where he graduated in 1967, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned his Ph.D. in political science in 1971, Klehr's early academic career focused on political theory. However, his interests soon turned towards the history of American communism, particularly during the Cold War era. Klehr began teaching at Emory University in 1971, where he became the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics and History.

Klehr's publications, often co-authored with scholars such as John Earl Haynes and Alexander Vassiliev, include works like "The Secret World of American Communism" (1995), "The Soviet World of American Communism" (1998), and "Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America" (2009). These works draw on declassified Soviet archives and American FBI files to provide a details of communist espionage activities and their impact on U.S. domestic and foreign policy. Klehr's research has often sparked debates and has been pivotal in reassessing the influence and scope of Soviet espionage in the United States during the 20th century.

Bibliography

• Klehr, Harvey. Communist Cadre: The Social Background of the American Communist Party Elite. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1978. OCLC 4683880.
• Klehr, Harvey. The Heyday of American Communism: The Depression Decade. New York: Basic Books, 1984. OCLC 10456780.
• Johnpoll, Bernard K., and Harvey Klehr, eds. Biographical Dictionary of the American Left. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986.
• Klehr, Harvey. Far Left of Center: The American Radical Left Today. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1988. OCLC 17210024.
• Haynes, John Earl, and Harvey Klehr. The American Communist Movement: Storming Heaven Itself. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992. OCLC 25201075.
• Haynes, John Earl, Harvey Klehr, and Fridrikh Igorevich Firsov. The Secret World of American Communism. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. OCLC 30779937.
• Radosh, Ronald, and Harvey Klehr. The Amerasia Spy Case: Prelude to McCarthyism. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. OCLC 32590046.
• Haynes, John Earl, Harvey Klehr, and Kyrill Anderson. The Soviet World of American Communism. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. OCLC 37187391.
• Haynes, John Earl, and Harvey Klehr. Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. OCLC 44694569.
• Haynes, John Earl, and Harvey Klehr. In Denial: Historians, Communism and Espionage. San Francisco, CA: Encounter Books, 2003. OCLC 62271849.
• Klehr, Harvey, and Robert Gabrick. Communism, Espionage, and the Cold War: A Unit of Study for Grades 9-12. Los Angeles, CA: National Center for History in the Schools, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004.
• Haynes, John Earl, and Harvey Klehr. Early Cold War Spies: The Espionage Trials That Shaped American Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• Haynes, John Earl, Harvey Klehr, and Alexander Vassiliev. Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009.
• Klehr, Harvey. The Communist Experience in America: A Political and Social History. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2010.
• Firsov, Fridrikh Igorevich, Harvey Klehr, and John Earl Haynes. Secret Cables of the Comintern, 1933-1943. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014.