The Chronicle11d
Richard Nixon, the politician: How the grocer’s son became a ‘political megalomaniac’
Exactly why Nixon decided to leave his law career behind and enter the political ring is unclear, though his long-held desire ...
Time24d
INVESTIGATIONS: The Accused
The question was carefully phrased. Had Alger Hiss or his wife ever turned over any Government documents to Whittaker Chambers? In a hushed room in New York’s federal courthouse, Alger Hiss ...
Time2d
HISTORICAL NOTES: Off the Record
The record: at a press conference on Aug. 5, 1948 (the. day Alger Hiss swore to the Un-American Activities Committee that he had never been a Communist), Truman was asked: “Mr. President ...
The Harvard Crimson6y
Hiss Defends Position In Public Opinion Court
Alger Hiss' most personal comments appear in four short paragraphs at the end of his book. Summing up, Hiss writes: The ordeal of fighting false charges has disrupted my life and has brought pain ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
Tony Hiss
Hiss is the author of 13 books, including The Experience of Place, The View from Alger's Window and In Motion: The Experience of Travel. The National Recreation and Park Association's National ...
BBC1y
Post-war American society - AQA
Alger Hiss, a former US State Department official, was exposed as a Soviet spy by Whittaker Chambers, a self-confessed former communist. Hiss was convicted and imprisoned in 1950. Ethel and Julius ...