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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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Book/TextUse in library ILH 12-4320Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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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
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