Historical Book Review: Alger Hiss and the Battle for History
HIST1002 - United States History II
University of Cincinnati
Jacoby, Susan. Alger Hiss and the Battle for History, Yale University Press, 2009.
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ebooks/detail.action?docID=3420982.Reviewed by: Andres Portillo, History 1302-14102,
Professor Guerrero, March 1st, 2023Book Review - Alger Hiss and the Battle for History
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
The Cold War was a tough moment in United States history. The book “Alger Hiss and
theBattle for History” talks about situations surrounding the Cold War, like the Alger Hiss case.
Theway these two factors (the cold war and Alger Hiss) connect is because Alger Hiss was
accusedof being a spy for the Soviet Union (Russia). The book is narrated by someone who
experiencedthis in history, and they explain and give a run-down of their experience of the
case.This book was written by Susan Jacoby, an American author. She was born in 1945,
whichmeans she was alive during the time of World War II and the Cold War. This explains
why theperspective of the book was in first person for some occasions. The overall historical
period ofthis book is around the 20th century since the Alger Hiss case lasted from the 1930s
to the early2000s. Jacoby’s strategy and organization of the book looked like it was written in
chronologicalorder due to the titles of each of the six chapters and how she carried out Alger
Hiss’ insights.The main conflict and argument that Susan sets out is whether Alger Hiss was
guilty or innocentof his alleged espionage.The book’s organization is well thought of,
displaying a chronological order. This helpsmake the sub arguments clearer because as time
went on, more evidence and documents werefound in respect of Hiss’ guilt. The organization
of the book also builds up suspense andremoves confusion from the reader instead of having
everything spread out and unchronological.And not only that, but Susan also includes an
introduction, which just summarizes the Alger Hiss case from a first-person perspective, and a
conclusion that contains concluding information aboutthe plot and how things ended up. To be
able to organize everything in chronological order,Susan needed sources from which she would
pick out information to include in the argument. Anexample of her using evidence is “Even
Richard Nixon, who had much more background aboutHiss than the other HUAC members
and who was already convinced that Hiss was lying, citedthe effectiveness of Hiss’s testimony.
“Hiss’s performance before the Committee was as brilliantas Chambers’ had been lackluster,”
Nixon recalled.” (ch.2,pg.96).Spies within the United States at that time were considered a big
concern due to how manyconflicts the US was having with many other countries; therefore, all
the popularity surroundingthe Alger Hiss case had a fair point at the time. But today, why would
anyone care about such acase that happened half a century ago? The only people who would
be interested in this type ofhistory is detectives and people who are interested in what happened
and what were the lives ofAmerican spies back in history. Other than that, the importance of
the Hiss case today issomething that people will not put their main interest into due to it not
really having a significanteffect on the Cold War or World War II. The effect this case really
had in history is about notonly alleged Soviet spies, but many other individuals within the US
government that have servedas spies to an external/enemy country. Although this book is not
about something interesting orentertaining, I would recommend it to someone who wants to
know more about spies withinhistory because of how well Susan put the book together and
how much she was interested in thetopic of the time or her authoring it. I personally thought
the book was boring and unnecessary,but I was surprised by how well the author constructed
the conflict and the sub argumentsregarding the topic.
Susan Jacoby’s “Alger Hiss and the Battler for History” was an overall okay historicalbook
that offers great organization and intelligence surrounding the topic. The various amountsof
evidence wanting to convince the reader Alger Hiss was guilty also played a good role on
howthe book’s chronological organization went to play; also ending it off with a “To be
continued, nodoubt....” (Chronology section, pg.231), concluding that there is more to learn
about the AlgerHiss case, also showing the amount of interest the author has on this topic to
this day. Anotherthing that stood out about this book is that it is not only telling a story, but also
basically writinga timeline specific to Alger Hiss, which is something that is unusual because
the author couldhave made a longer and more generic book by talking about more guilty spies
that have troubledthe US like Alger Hiss.
