A richly detailed portrait not only of a man struggling to lead an ethical life but of the disturbed times in which he lived.<br><br>Drawing on family papers, wide-ranging interviews, FBI files, American and German newspapers, a wide array of published sources, and her own memories, the author traces Marks's German American heritage, his education both formal and informal, his marriage to a fellow Communist from a poor Russian family, his rocky start as an academic, his...