Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars
The Covert Life of a Soviet Spy

White offers a compelling analysis of Hiss's behavior in the face of growing evidence of his guilt, revealing how this behavior fit into an ongoing pattern of denial and duplicity in his life. The story of Alger Hiss is in part a reflection of Cold War America-a time of ideological passions, partisan battles, and secret lives. It is also a story that transcends a particular historical era-a story about individuals who choose to engage in espionage for foreign powers and the secret worlds they choose to conceal. In White's skilled hands, the life of Alger Hiss comes to illuminate both of those themes.