Alger Hiss and the battle for history / Susan Jacoby.
Alger Hiss and the battle for history / Susan Jacoby.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
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N364.131/32
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Passions as Prologue -- Ch. 2. The Eye of the Hurricane, 1948-1950 -- Ch. 3. Competing Narratives and Public Amnesia, 1950-1965 -- Ch. 4. The Best of Times, The Worst of Times, 1970-1980 -- Ch. 5. The Rise of the Right and the Cold War at Twilight, 1980-1992 -- Ch. 6. The Enemy Vanishes, 1992...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2009.
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"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, Susan Jacoby focuses on the case, including Hiss's trial and imprisonment for perjury, not as a set of historical facts set in stone but as a mirror of shifting American political views and passions. Unfettered by political ax-grinding, the author examines conflicting responses, from scholars and the media on both the left and the ri...
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Alger Hiss and the battle for history / Susan Jacoby.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2009.
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N364.131/32
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ISBN
9780300121339 (cloth : alk. paper)
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364.131 B
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991002238829702626
