Alger Hiss and the Battle for History (Icons of America) by Jacoby, Susan - 2009

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Yale University Press, 2010-03-30. Paperback. New. BRAND NEW, Perfect Shape, No Remainder Mark,

Yale University Press, 2010 8vo (20.5 cm), X, 256 pp. Laminated wrappers. From the blurb: "A tough, evenhanded investigation of changing public perceptions of the Alger Hiss case and why it has served as a litmus test of American political loyalties for sixty years. 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 highly original work, Susan Jacoby turns her attention to the Hiss case, including his trial and imprisonment for perjury, 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 right, and the ways in which they have changed from 1948 to our present post -… Read More

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Paperback / softback. New. Countless scholars have laboured to uncover the facts behind Whittaker Chambers' 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. This book deals with the Hiss case.

Yale University Press, 2010-03-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!