Perjury : the Hiss-Chambers case /

When the Hiss-Chambers case first burst on the scene in 1948, its main characters and events seemed more appropriate to spy fiction than to American reality. The major historical authority on the case, Perjury was first published in 1978. Now, in its latest edition, Perjury links together the old an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weinstein, Allen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2013.
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:Hoover Institution Press publication ; 567.
Subjects:
Hiss, Alger.
Chambers, Whittaker.
Chambers, Whittaker
Hiss, Alger
Communism > United States > History.
Subversive activities > United States > History.
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) > United States.
Trials (Perjury) > United States.
Communisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Activités subversives > États-Unis > Histoire.
Procès (Crimes et délits politiques) > États-Unis.
Procès (Parjure) > États-Unis.
TRUE CRIME > Espionage.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Intelligence & Espionage.
Communism
Subversive activities
Trials (Perjury)
Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • HUAC: a month of headlines
  • Alger and Whittaker : the crucible of family
  • The un-secret agent
  • The Ware Group and the New Deal
  • Perjury : a question of documents
  • The dual life
  • Spies and bureaucrats : the stolen documents
  • Perjury : a question of candor
  • The defection of "Karl"
  • Alger and Whittaker : the forging of careers
  • Rumors and whispers : the pursuit of evidence
  • Deadlock : the first trial
  • Conviction : the second trial
  • Cold war iconography I : Alger Hiss as myth and symbol
  • Alger and Whittaker : the vigil and the death watch
  • Cold War iconography II : from Watergate to Red Square
  • The Hiss labyrinth : six profiles.

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