The librarian spies [[electronic resource] ] : Philip and Mary Jane Keeney and Cold War espionage / / Rosalee McReynolds and Louise S. Robbins

• Autore: McReynolds Rosalee
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.12092
• Soggetto topico: Spies - United States; Communism - United States; Subversive activities - United States - History - 20th century; Espionage - United States - History - 20th century; Espionage, Soviet - United States - History; Librarians - United States; Cold War
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RobbinsLouise S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Philip -- Mary Jane -- The librarians -- Struggle -- The Progressive Librarians' Council -- The spies at home -- The spies abroad -- Caught in the web -- The un-Americans -- Guilt and association.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 as communist sympathizers and spies for the Soviet Union. If
• Titolo autorizzato: The librarian spies
• ISBN: 1-282-33903-6; 9786612339035; 1-56720-707-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454831503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II