Includes bibliographical references (pages 713-728) and index.
Contents
HUAC: a month of headlines -- Alger and Whittaker : the crucible of family -- The un-secret agent -- The Ware Group and the New Deal -- Perjury : a question of documents -- The dual life -- Spies and bureaucrats : the stolen documents -- Perjury : a question of candor -- The defection of "Karl" -- Alger and Whittaker : the forging of careers -- Rumors and whispers : the pursuit of evidence -- Deadlock : the first trial -- Conviction : the second trial -- Cold war iconography I : Alger Hiss as myth and symbol -- Alger and Whittaker : the vigil and the death watch -- Cold War iconography II : from Watergate to Red Square -- The Hiss labyrinth : six profiles.