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Alger Hiss and the battle for history /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacoby, Susan, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Icons of America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.