| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 256 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
[Icons of America]
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Icons of America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hiss, Alger.
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Hiss, Alger. |
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United States. Department of State -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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United States. Department of State. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. |
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Hiss, Alger. |
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United States. Department of State -- Biography -- Officials and employees. |
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. |
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Hiss, Alger. |
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Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Communism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Espionage, Soviet. |
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Cold War.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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| Chronological Term |
1989- |
| Subject |
Political culture -- United States.
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Political culture. |
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Right and left (Political science)
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Right and left (Political science) |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jacoby, Susan, 1945- Alger Hiss and the battle for history. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300121339 (DLC) 2008036177 (OCoLC)244660678 |
| ISBN |
9781441645609 (electronic book) |
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1441645608 (electronic book) |
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9780300155846 (electronic book) |
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0300155840 (electronic book) |
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9780300121339 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0300121334 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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