| Alger Hiss and the Battle for History Subjects: Hiss Alger; Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Espionage Soviet -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States. Dept. of State -- Officials and Employees -- Biography; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-Ameri; No detailed description available for "Alger Hiss and the Battle for History". Susan Jacoby began her writing career as a reporter for The Washington Post. Her first book, Moscow Conversations, was based on the articles she contributed to the Post from Moscow between 1969 and 1971. Her other books include Wild Justice: The Evolution of Revenge, The Possible She, Half-Jew: A Daughter's Search for Her Family's Buried Past, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, The Age of American Unreason, The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought, and Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion. (Bowker Author Biography) |