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Alger Hiss : why he chose treason
- Title
- Alger Hiss : why he chose treason / Christina Shelton ; an introduction by Richard Pipes.
- Author
- Shelton, Christina.
- Publication
- New York : Threshold Editions, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | ILH 12-4320 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 330 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Hiss, Alger
- Hiss, Alger > Trials, litigation, etc
- United States. Department of State > Officials and employees > Biography
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
- Spies > United States > Biography
- Communism > United States > History > 20th century
- Espionage, Soviet > United States > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-310) and index.
- Contents
- The early years. -- Growing up in Baltimore -- Hopkins and Harvard Law -- Priscilla Hiss -- Supreme Court clerk and attorney-at-law -- A committed communist. -- The new dealer -- The Ware Group -- Whittaker Chambers -- The State Department bureaucrat -- Yalta -- Fascism and communism -- Accused and convicted. -- The case -- Lewisburg Prison -- Crusade for vindication, 1954-96 -- The evidence. -- Testimonies -- Venona program -- Archival material: -- A. hungarian archives -- B. KGB archives.
- Call Number
- ILH 12-4320
- ISBN
- 9781451655421
- 1451655428
- LCCN
- 2011038985
- OCLC
- 2011038985
- Author
- Shelton, Christina.
- Title
- Alger Hiss : why he chose treason / Christina Shelton ; an introduction by Richard Pipes.
- Imprint
- New York : Threshold Editions, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-310) and index.
- Research Call Number
- ILH 12-4320