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Autore |
McReynolds Rosalee |
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Titolo |
The librarian spies : Philip and Mary Jane Keeney and Cold War espionage / / Rosalee McReynolds and Louise S. Robbins |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Security International, , 2009 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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979-84-00-67870-7 |
1-282-33903-6 |
9786612339035 |
1-56720-707-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cold War |
Communism - United States |
Espionage, Soviet - United States - History |
Espionage - United States - History - 20th century |
Librarians - United States |
Spies - United States |
Subversive activities - United States - History - 20th century |
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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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Philip -- Mary Jane -- The librarians -- Struggle -- Progressive Librarians' Council -- The spies at home -- The spies abroad -- Caught in the web -- Un-Americans -- Guilt and association. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy declared that the State Department was a haven for communists and traitors. Among famous targets, like Alger Hiss, the senator also named librarian Mary Jane Keeney and her husband Philip, who had been called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee to account for friendships with suspected communists, memberships in communist fronts, and authorship of articles that had been published in leftist periodicals. Conservative journalists and politicians had seized the occasion to denounce the pair |
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