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02857aam a2200517 a 4500 001 DB116798C4D411E18910E79C6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20170120010649 008 110916s2012 nyua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2011038985 020 $a 1451655452 (ebook) 020 $a 9781451655452 (ebook) 020 $a 1451655436 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781451655438 (pbk.) 020 $a 1451655428 020 $a 9781451655421 035 $a (OCoLC)741542473 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BKL $d BWX $d CDX $d JRS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E743.5.H55 $b S54 2012 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Shelton, Christina. 245 1 $a Alger Hiss : $b why he chose treason / $c Christina Shelton ; an introduction by Richard Pipes. 250 $a 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed. 260 $a New York : $b Threshold Editions, $c 2012. 300 $a xvii, 330 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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 analytic failures. 600 10 $a Hiss, Alger. 650 0 $a Spies $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Communism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Espionage, Soviet $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Dept. of State $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Committee on Un-American Activities. $b House. $b Committee on Un-American Activities. 600 10 $a Hiss, Alger $x Trials, litigation, etc. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2011038985-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2011038985-d.html 941 $a 5 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20200813161128.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508020222.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204044717.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110030844.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826033648.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DB116798C4D411E18910E79C6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search