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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven [Conn.] :
Yale University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Icons of America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441645609 1441645608 9780300155846 0300155840 9780300121339 0300121334 1282501437 9781282501430 9786612501432 661250143X |