Author Debriefing: Alger Hiss - Why He Chose Treason
Podcast |
SpyCast
Publisher |
SpyCast
Media Type |
audio
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Education
History
News
Publication Date |
May 25, 2012
Episode Duration |
00:57:46
In 1948, when Whittaker Chambers accused Ivy League-educated senior diplomat Alger Hiss of spying for the Soviets, few Americans were willing to believe him. In fact, Hiss went to his grave protesting his innocence, but now it seems clear that he was guilty, given the evidence available since the end of the Cold War. Retired counterintelligence officer Christina Shelton has written a new biography of Hiss. She highlights the many missed opportunities and poor judgments in the Hiss case, and discusses them in the context of wide-scale Soviet infiltration and espionage. Join Shelton and SPY historian Mark Stout for a discussion of this provocative new book about one of America’s most controversial icons. Get the book: telegram-book.html#.Vxk4aZMrJTY">http://www.spymuseumstore.org/zimmermann-telegram-book.html#.Vxk4aZMrJTY

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