Alger Hiss and the Battle for History

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Alger Hiss and the Battle for History is written by Susan Jacoby and published by Yale University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0300155840 (ISBN 10) and 9780300155846 (ISBN 13).

Books on Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss abound, as countless scholars have labored to uncover the facts behind Chambers's shocking accusation before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the summer of 1948, that Alger Hiss, a former rising star in the State Department, had been a Communist and engaged in espionage. In this work, the author turns her attention to the Hiss case, including his trial and imprisonment for perjury, as a mirror of shifting American political views and passions.