He maintained his innocence of the accusations (of being a spy) until he died. But Shelton makes a compelling case that he lived a lie, and rolls out the evidence.
Cracking the book open again to the book's epilogue, I read this from the author: "Alger Hiss fastened upon an illusory ideology claiming to answer all questions, promising uto…
He maintained his innocence of the accusations (of being a spy) until he died. But Shelton makes a compelling case that he lived a lie, and rolls out the evidence.
Cracking the book open again to the book's epilogue, I read this from the author: "Alger Hiss fastened upon an illusory ideology claiming to answer all questions, promising utopia, but in reality concealing tyranny. In the process he betrayed his country. Dedicated by oath and office to serving his country, he became a secret agent of the adversary, the Soviet intelligence apparatus. He had closed his mind, blind to the inhumanity of Communism, and adopted Lenin's notion that the choice of revolution is ultimate and irrevocable, an act of passion as well as intellect. Hiss worked hard to appear urbane and sophisticated and behind this persona was his single-minded devotion to Communism, leading to a lifetime of defiance and denying any wrongdoing."
The author - Christina Shelton - nails Hiss to his Hammer & Sickle.
What amazes is WHY so many so-called "intellectuals"- world wide - STILL
fall for the absolute gibberish of Karl Marx "thought" and the imbecility of
and impossibility of "continuous revolution" until "absolute equality" in a far off utopia is achieved - and the Communist State THEN "fades away". HAH!
Marx apparently had NO comprehension of the inbred fault in the DNA of the Homo-sapiens species that lusts for POWER and CONTROL over others.
World history is replete with examples of both sexes of power-mad-control-freaks who directly caused only bloody chaos to the human condition.
He maintained his innocence of the accusations (of being a spy) until he died. But Shelton makes a compelling case that he lived a lie, and rolls out the evidence.
Cracking the book open again to the book's epilogue, I read this from the author: "Alger Hiss fastened upon an illusory ideology claiming to answer all questions, promising utopia, but in reality concealing tyranny. In the process he betrayed his country. Dedicated by oath and office to serving his country, he became a secret agent of the adversary, the Soviet intelligence apparatus. He had closed his mind, blind to the inhumanity of Communism, and adopted Lenin's notion that the choice of revolution is ultimate and irrevocable, an act of passion as well as intellect. Hiss worked hard to appear urbane and sophisticated and behind this persona was his single-minded devotion to Communism, leading to a lifetime of defiance and denying any wrongdoing."
PS: I found the book worthwhile.
The author - Christina Shelton - nails Hiss to his Hammer & Sickle.
What amazes is WHY so many so-called "intellectuals"- world wide - STILL
fall for the absolute gibberish of Karl Marx "thought" and the imbecility of
and impossibility of "continuous revolution" until "absolute equality" in a far off utopia is achieved - and the Communist State THEN "fades away". HAH!
Marx apparently had NO comprehension of the inbred fault in the DNA of the Homo-sapiens species that lusts for POWER and CONTROL over others.
World history is replete with examples of both sexes of power-mad-control-freaks who directly caused only bloody chaos to the human condition.