Alger Hiss Why He Chose Treason

Name: Alger Hiss Why He Chose Treason
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ISBN: 9781451655438

ISBN-10: 1451655436

ISBN-13: 9781451655438

Edition: 2012

Authors: Christina Shelton

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A former U.S. Intelligence analyst shines a fresh light on accused Soviet spy Alger Hiss, providing “a solid look at the specifics of the case as well as a useful overview of the ideological debate gripping America” (Kirkus Reviews).In 1948, former U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy. Because the statute of limitations on espionage had run out, he was convicted only of perjury. Decades later—after the Hiss trial had been long forgotten by most—archival evidence surfaced confirming the accusations: a public servant with access to classified documents had indeed passed crucial information to the Soviets for more than a decade.Yet many on the American…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Publication date: 4/23/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.80" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Christina Shelton is a retired U.S. intelligence analyst. She spent twenty-two years working as a Soviet analyst and a Counterintelligence Branch Chief at the Defense Intelligence Agency. She has alsonbsp;been a staff analyst at various think tanks.



Introduction



Foreword


Prologue



The Early Years



Growing Up in Baltimore



Hopkins and Harvard Law



Priscilla Hiss



Supreme Court Clerk and Attomey-at-Law



A Committed Communist



The New Dealer



The Ware Group



Whittaker Chambers



The Witness



The GRU



The State Department Bureaucrat



Yalta



Fascism and Communism



Accused and Convicted



The Case



Lewisburg Prison



Crusade for Vindication, 1954-96



The Evidence



Testimonies



Venona Program



Archival Material



Hungarian Archives



KGB Archives


Epilogue


Note


Bibliography


Index