Alger Hiss
Why He Chose Treason
$41.42
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2013
Summary
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 tria…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781451655438 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1451655436 |
| Author: | Christina Shelton |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 145mm x 229mm |
Critics Review
” A much needed book… With clarity, conciseness, and a sure hand, Christina Shelton guides the reader through what has become an otherwise nearly impenetrable jungle of controversy.“” – Tennent H. Bagley, author of Spy Wars
“A timely reminder that the worries about national security and loyalty–concerns often derided as paranoiac, right-wing delusions–were entirely justified.” –Wall Street Journal
“A vigorous reappraisal of the Hiss-Chambers espionage affair, leaving no doubt of Hiss’s guilt.
The author makes a good case for the willful blindness practiced by pro-Hiss parties involved …
A solid look at the specifics of the case as well as a useful overview of the ideological debate gripping America.” –Kirkus
“In Alger Hiss: Why He Chose Treason, Christina Shelton ably captures the real Alger Hiss–his path to communism, his treason, and his conviction and imprisonment. Her evidence is overpowering: Alger Hiss was indeed a communist spy. Shelton carefully connects Hiss to his historical context inside America’s political elite, which was chagrined and strangely baffled when Hiss’s treason was exposed.” –Burton Folsom, Jr. and Anita Folsom, authors of FDR Goes to War
“Rigorous and carefully documented analysis…[Alger Hiss] is a rare thing: a good book about an important subject. Shelton makes a sledgehammer of a case…a sustained artillery assault.” –National Review
“Shelton makes clear what Hiss did and the impact it had on U.S. intelligence… . A well-done book written by someone who knows.”
–David Murphy, retired chief of Soviet operations at CIA HQ and author of What Stalin Knew
Christina Shelton
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 also been a staff analyst at various think tanks.
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