Alger Hiss waged a life-ling battle to persuade people of his innocence of charges of spying for the Soviet Union, a battle White (U. of Virginia Law School) finds puzzling due to what White believes is his obvious guilt. He traces Hiss's entire adult life, portraying it as always consisting of "a s
For decades, a great number of Americans saw Alger Hiss as an innocent victim of McCarthyism--a distinguished diplomat railroaded by an ambitious Richard Nixon. And even as the case against Hiss grew over time, his dignified demeanor helped create an aura
For decades, a great number of Americans saw Alger Hiss as an innocent victim of McCarthyism--a distinguished diplomat railroaded by an ambitious Richard Nixon. And even as the case against Hiss grew over time, his dignified demeanor helped create an aura