Description |
1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) |
Series |
[Icons of America] |
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Icons of America.
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Contents |
Passions as prologue -- The eye of the hurricane, 1948-1950 -- Competing narratives and public amnesia, 1950-1965 -- The best of times, the worst of times, 1970-1980 -- The rise of the right and the Cold War at twilight, 1980-1992 -- The enemy vanishes, 1992-2008 -- Passions as epilogue |
Summary |
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 work, the author turns her attention to the Hiss case, including his trial and imprisonment for perjury, as a mirror of shifting American political views and passions |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Hiss, Alger
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SUBJECT |
Hiss, Alger fast |
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Hiss, Alger. swd |
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United States. Department of State -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities fast |
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United States. Department of State fast |
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Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Cold War.
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Political culture -- United States
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Right and left (Political science)
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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Communism
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Employees
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Espionage, Soviet
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Right and left (Political science)
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Kommunismus
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Spionage
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001744
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United States
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USA
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Sowjetunion
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008036177 |
ISBN |
9781441645609 |
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1441645608 |
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9780300155846 |
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0300155840 |
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9780300121339 |
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0300121334 |
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1282501437 |
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9781282501430 |
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9786612501432 |
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661250143X |
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