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Alger Hiss : The True Story
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Alger Hiss : The True Story Hardcover - 1976

by Smith, John Chabot

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New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. A fascinating biography of the American diplomat who was highly placed in the US Department of State, in 1948 accused by Whittaker Chambers of being a communist and fellow espionage conspirator, with much information on his family background, associates and career, the trials he underwent, the appeals, and the whole espionage and counter-espionage process in America during the 'Cold War'. Author questions and critiques the truth and motivations of all sides involved in the dispute over Hiss. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains numerous glossy illustrations, bibliography, notes, indexed, 485pp., d.j. shows two closed edgetears. A very nice copy overall, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Title Alger Hiss : The True Story
  • Author Smith, John Chabot
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Second Printing.
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 485
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Holt Rinehart Winston, New York
  • Date 1976
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 00001700
  • ISBN 9780030137761 / 0030137764
  • Library of Congress subjects Hiss, Alger
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 75021462
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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