Dr. Harvey Klehr

Dr. Harvey Klehr



One of the foremost authorities on Communism in American, Harvey Klehr teaches Political Theory and Twentieth Century Political Ideologies as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics & History at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. His current research interests center around American communism and Soviet espionage in America. His publications include The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America. (co-author, Yale, 2009), Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (co-author, Yale, 1999) and The Heyday of American Communism: The Depression Decade (Basic Books, 1984), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Klehr received a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.