Alger Hiss : why he chose treason / Christina Shelton ; an introduction by Richard Pipes.

Documents the lesser-known story of a high-level State Department official who in the late 1940s was charged with spying for the Soviet Union, arguing that the case was shaped by missed opportunities and poor judgments that also reflected period Soviet infiltration and American counter-intelligence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shelton, Christina
Other Authors:	Pipes, Richard
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Threshold Editions, 2012.
Edition:	First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Hiss, Alger. Hiss, Alger > Trials, litigation, etc. United States. > Department of State > Officials and employees > Biography. United States. > Congress. > House. > Committee on Un-American Activities. Spies > United States > Biography. Communism > United States > History > 20th century. Espionage, Soviet > United States > History > 20th century.
Genre:	Trials, litigation, etc. Officials and employees Biography.
Physical Description:	xvii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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