Perjury : the Hiss-Chambers case / Allen Weinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinstein, Allen.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 567.

Hoover Institution Press Publication ; Number 567

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--United States--History.

Communism.

Subversive activities--United States--History.

Subversive activities.

Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--United States.

Trials (Political crimes and offenses).

Trials (Perjury)--United States.

Trials (Perjury).

Hiss, Alger.

Chambers, Whittaker.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1459 p.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Praise for Perjury; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; 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; Photo Section; Part Four: Disclosure

XI. Rumors and Whispers: The Pursuit of EvidenceXII. 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; Credits for photographs

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780817912260

0817912266

OCLC:

864414270