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Alger Hiss : why he chose treason

text Alger Hiss : why he chose treason

Shelton, Christina.

Summary
Documents the lesser-known story of a high-level State Department official who in the late 1940s was charged with spying for the Soviet Union, arguing that the case was shaped by missed opportunities and poor judgments that also reflected period S... Read more
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 bureauc... Read more
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Description
xvii, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Threshold Editions 2012
MARC Permalink

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Peninsula Community Library 327.12092 SHE in Adult Available

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