Alger Hiss and the battle for history / Susan Jacoby.

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Jacoby, Susan, 1945-

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9781441645609
1441645608
9780300155846
0300155840
9780300121339
0300121334
1282501437
9781282501430
9786612501432
661250143X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alger Hiss and the battle for history.DDC classification:

364.1/31 22

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E743.5.H55 J33 2009eb

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Contents:

Passions as prologue -- The eye of the hurricane, 1948-1950 -- Competing narratives and public amnesia, 1950-1965 -- The best of times, the worst of times, 1970-1980 -- The rise of the right and the Cold War at twilight, 1980-1992 -- The enemy vanishes, 1992-2008 -- Passions as epilogue.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.

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.