Alger Hiss : why he chose treason

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Book | First Threshold Editions hardcover edition | Threshold Editions, New York : 2012.

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ISBN: 1451655436 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781451655421 (hc)
ISBN: 1451655428
ISBN: 9781451655421
Physical Description: xvii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.print
Edition: First Threshold Editions hardcover edition
Publisher: New York : Threshold Editions, 2012.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The early years. -- Growing up in Baltimore -- Hopkins and Harvard Law -- Priscilla Hiss -- Supreme Court clerk and attorney-at-law -- A committed communist. -- The new dealer -- The Ware Group -- Whittaker Chambers -- The State Department bureaucrat -- Yalta -- Fascism and communism -- Accused and convicted. -- The case -- Lewisburg Prison -- Attempt at vindication 1954-1996 -- The evidence. -- Testimonies -- Venona program -- Archival material: -- A. Hungarian archives -- B. KGB archives.

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