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Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case
Allen Weinstein
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Description for Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case
Paperback. Num Pages: 766 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1247.
Although almost a half-century has passed since the jury at Alger Hiss's second trial pronounced him guilty of perjury, the case remains controversial and the verdict leaves questions unanswered. The case has continued to make headlines and attract considerable media attention in the years since Perjury was first published in 1978, and this new edition of the book incorporates evidence available only in the past two decades, bringing the essential public story of the episode up to the present. The author has sought and gained access to many previously undiscovered, unavailable, or ignored sources of documentary and oral evidence, both ... Read more
Although almost a half-century has passed since the jury at Alger Hiss's second trial pronounced him guilty of perjury, the case remains controversial and the verdict leaves questions unanswered. The case has continued to make headlines and attract considerable media attention in the years since Perjury was first published in 1978, and this new edition of the book incorporates evidence available only in the past two decades, bringing the essential public story of the episode up to the present. The author has sought and gained access to many previously undiscovered, unavailable, or ignored sources of documentary and oral evidence, both ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
766
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9780817912253
SKU
V9780817912253
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About Allen Weinstein
Allen Weinstein served as archivist of the United States from 2005 to 2009. In 1985, he founded the Center for Democracy, a Washington-based nonprofit, and remained its president until 2003. Weinstein has held professorships at Boston University, Georgetown, and Smith College. He received the United Nations Peace Medal in 1986, the Council of Europe’s Silver Medal twice, in 1990 and ... Read more
Reviews for Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case
So far as any one book can dispel a large historical mystery, this book does it, magnificently." — Garry Wills, New York Review of Books "Lucidly written, impressively researched, closely argued... The result is formidable." — Irving Howe, New York Times Sunday Book Review "A historic event... Stunningly meticulous, a monument to the intellectual ideal of truth ... Read more