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050 00 $aHJ257$b.C72 2004
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100 1 $aCraig, R. Bruce.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003055234
245 10 $aTreasonable doubt :$bthe Harry Dexter White spy case /$cR. Bruce Craig.
260 $aLawrence :$bUniversity Press of Kansas,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $ax, 436 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-422) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe early years -- $g2.$tWhittaker Chambers, Harry Dexter White, and the Washington, D. C., Communist underground -- $g3.$tThe Elizabeth Bentley story -- $g4.$tThe econ-umists -- $g5.$tThe quarter-billion-dollar German occupation-currency scandal -- $g6.$tBretton Woods and the assault on American internationalism -- $g7.$tA different peace : the Morgenthau plan for postwar Germany -- $g8.$tHarry Dexter White and the "fall of China" -- $g9.$tGreat expectations dashed -- $g10.$tHerbert Brownell, J. Edgar Hoover, Harry S. Truman, and the Harry Dexter White controversy -- $g11.$tThe half-century search : a matter of espionage -- $g12.$tThe Harry Dexter White case in retrospect.
520 1 $a"Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley shocked America in 1948 with their allegations that Communist spies had penetrated the American government. The resulting perjury trial of Alger Hiss is already legendary, but Chambers and Bentley also named Harry Dexter White, a high-ranking Treasury official. (Hiss himself thought that White had been the real target of the House Un-American Activities Committee.) When White died only a week after his bold defense before Congress, much speculation remained about the cause of his death and the truth of the charges made against him. Armed with a wealth of new information, Bruce Craig examines this controversial case and explores the ambiguities that have haunted it for more than half a century." "Craig draws heavily on previously untapped or underused sources, including White's personal papers, Treasury Department records, FBI files, and the once secret Venona files of decrypted Soviet espionage cables. Interviews with nearly two dozen key figures in the case, including Alger Hiss and former KGB officer V. G. Pavlov, also help bring White's story to life. Sifting through this mountain of evidence, Craig retraces White's rise to power within the Treasury Department and confirms that White was involved in a "species of espionage" - but also shows that the same evidence contradicts Bentley's charges of "policy subversion."" "What emerges is an evenhanded portrait of neither a monster nor a martyr but rather a committed New Dealer and internationalist whose hopes for world peace transcended national loyalties - a man who saw some benefit in cooperating with the Soviets but had no affection for dictatorship. Although it still remains unclear whether White leaked classified information vital to national security, Craig clearly shows that none of the most serious allegations against him can be substantiated."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aWhite, Harry Dexter,$d1892-1948.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94034702
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDepartment of the Treasury$xOfficials and employees$vBiography.
650 0 $aSubversive activities$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010114991
650 0 $aEspionage, Soviet$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCommunism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120903
650 0 $aTrials (Political crimes and offenses)$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010117083
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003022587.html
852 00 $boff,glx$hHJ257$i.C72 2004