Perjury : The Hiss-Chambers Case.
Title:
Perjury : The Hiss-Chambers Case.
Author:
Weinstein, Allen.
ISBN:
9780817912260
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (766 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Origins -- I. HUAC: A Month of Headlines -- II. Alger and Whittaker: The Crucible of Family -- III. The Un-Secret Agent -- IV. The Ware Group and the New Deal -- Part Two: Espionage -- V. Perjury: A Question of Documents -- VI. The Dual Life -- VII. Spies and Bureaucrats: The Stolen Documents -- Part Three: Concealment -- VIII. Perjury: A Question of Candor -- IX. The Defection of "Karl" -- X. Alger and Whittaker: The Forging of Careers -- Part Four: Disclosure -- XI. Rumors and Whispers: The Pursuit of Evidence -- XII. Deadlock: The First Trial -- XIII. Conviction: The Second Trial -- Part Five: Consequences -- XIV. Cold War Iconography I: Alger Hiss as Myth and Symbol -- XV. Alger and Whittaker: The Vigil and the Death Watch -- XVI. Cold War Iconography II: From Watergate to Red Square -- Part Six: Memory -- XVII. The Hiss Labyrinth: Six Profiles -- Appendix - "Forgery by Typewriter" : The Pursuit of Conspiracy, 1948-1997 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.
Abstract:
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 and new evidence, much of it previously undiscovered or unavailable, bringing the Hiss-Chambers's amazing story up to the present.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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