Downgrading Harry Hopkins: From Spy to Dupe

American diplomat Harry Hopkins (1890–1946), a prominent New Dealer and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's special envoy to London during World War II. Keystone/Getty Images

Commentary

Ordinarily, I wouldn’t make more than a mental note; however, the “evolution,” as they say, of historian and professor Paul Kengor’s verdict on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s pro-Soviet adviser Harry Hopkins seems worthy of notice.