Hanson Baldwin? Ronald Radosh?

[Uday Mohan]

Hanson Baldwin was the military editor of the NYT from circa the '40s
through the '60s (don't know precise dates). Was he a right winger? The
answer depends on what period you're looking at. I've read some of his
work in the 40s but I can't determine his political orientation with
certainty. He does seem to emerge as a rightwinger as the Cold War
progresses, but I don't know enough about his later work to pinpoint the
transitions. His NYT obit (11/14/91) includes the following:

"He contended that the United States was engaged in a 'struggle for the
world' with an aggressively expansionist Communism, and he was an
outspoken advocate of nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union.

At various times, he also advocated the intensification of the Vietnam
War to achieve a military victory, and friendship with Spain under
Franco and with white-dominated Governments in South Africa and in
Rhodesia ... because of what he regarded as their strategic positions."

Uday Mohan

John K. Taber wrote:
> 
> Hanson Baldwin was a journalist during WW II. Can somebody expand
> on that for me, please? Right wing?
> 
> And what is the story on Radosh?
> 
> The reason I ask is that I have started to look into the Venona
> decrypts, since they have surfaced again in Sunday's NY Times
> Magazine.
> 
> I think I detect a bias on the NSA web pages, so I need a check
> on Baldwin and Radosh.
> 
> Thanks