Alger Hiss and the Battle for History

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  • Alger Hiss and the Battle for History Book Detail

  • Author : Susan Jacoby
  • Release Date : 2009-03-24
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 267
  • ISBN 13 : 0300155840
  • File Size : 42,42 MB

Alger Hiss and the Battle for History by Susan Jacoby PDF Summary

Book Description: Books on Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss abound, as countless scholars have labored to uncover the facts behind Chambers's shocking accusation before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the summer of 1948, that Alger Hiss, a former rising star in the State Department, had been a Communist and engaged in espionage. In this work, the author turns her attention to the Hiss case, including his trial and imprisonment for perjury, as a mirror of shifting American political views and passions.

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