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Perjury : the Hiss-Chambers case

Title
Perjury : the Hiss-Chambers case / Allen Weinstein.
Author
Weinstein, Allen
Publication
Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2013.

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Description
viii, 753 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 567
Uniform Title
Hoover Institution Press publication ; 567.
Subject
  • Hiss, Alger
  • Chambers, Whittaker
  • Communism > United States > History
  • Subversive activities > United States > History
  • Trials (Political crimes and offenses) > United States
  • Trials (Perjury) > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 648-728) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 13-5591
ISBN
  • 9780817912253 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0817912258 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780817914356 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0817914358 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780817914363 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2013007993
OCLC
828776010
Author
Weinstein, Allen, author.
Title
Perjury : the Hiss-Chambers case / Allen Weinstein.
Publisher
Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2013.
Edition
Third edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 567
Hoover Institution Press publication ; 567.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 648-728) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-5591
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