Aug 25, 2009 3
Susan Jacoby: Alger Hiss and the Battle for History
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Equally erring about Hiss
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Alger Hiss and the Battle for History
Susan Jacoby
(New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009)
[This article first appeared in The Washington Times]
Susan Jacoby is a gifted writer. She is deft and light. As a grandchild of Whittaker Chambers (who was another gifted writer, if rarely so light), I looked forward to Alger Hiss and the Battle for History. How would she weigh in on the Hiss case?