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008 040106s2004 nyu 001 0aeng
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100 1 $aLattimore, Owen,$d1900-1989.
245 10 $aOrdeal by slander /$cOwen Lattimore ; introduction by Blanche Wiesen Cook ; preface and historical annotations by David Lattimore.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCarroll & Graf Publishers,$c2004, ©1950.
300 $axxxiv, 268 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aPublisher's description: Joseph McCarthy was not yet a household name in 1950 when Owen Lattimore was labeled by the senator from Wisconsin as the "top Russian espionage agent in the country." Lattimore, in Kabul, Afghanistan, learned about the accusation a week later. Having already lost valuable time to rebut the smear, he succinctly cabled back that the charge was "pure moonshine" and returned to the United States to defend his good name. He soon dared McCarthy to utter his slander in a venue other than the Senate, where congressional immunity shielded him from lawsuits, but he refused to do so. Following a torturous Senate inquisition, Lattimore published this riveting book which he wrote in white-hot indignation. Judged at the time to be "a masterpiece of factual exposition [and] a social document of first-rate importance," this absorbing narrative chronicles how the ordeal threw Lattimore's life into perilous straits, and how he defended himself, while undermining the credibility of his accusers. In a battle for his very liberty, Lattimore prepared for the equivalent of an alley fight with the brawling senator. His supremely competent wife, Eleanor, was his trusted aide; along with attorney Abe Fortas they drew out of Lattimore's writings passages that would prove his loyalty. Yet, as a scholar who was accustomed to nuanced interpretations of current affairs, his accusers were able to conflate the same writings into a traitor's hidden agenda. Ordeal by Slander was the first great book to come out of the McCarthy era, and it remains a supremely topical book for today.
600 10 $aLattimore, Owen,$d1900-1989.
600 10 $aMcCarthy, Joseph,$d1908-1957.
650 0 $aAnti-communist movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 6 $aAnticommunisme$zÉtats-Unis$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
600 17 $aLattimore, Owen,$d1900-1989$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00012870
600 17 $aMcCarthy, Joseph,$d1908-1957$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00034087
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700 1 $aCook, Blanche Wiesen.
700 1 $aLattimore, David,$d1931-
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