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UNINA9910786387003321 |
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Weinstein Allen |
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Titolo |
Perjury : the Hiss-Chambers case / / Allen Weinstein |
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Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Edizione |
[Third edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1459 p.) |
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Collana |
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Hoover Institution Press Publication ; ; Number 567 |
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Soggetti |
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Communism - United States - History |
Subversive activities - United States - History |
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) - United States |
Trials (Perjury) - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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