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Jacoby offers a sprightly and thoughtful overview of the Hiss case, and considers its impact on several generations of liberal and conservative intellectuals. Her nuanced conclusions may not win the approval of either pro- or anti-Hiss partisans, but should prove all the more useful to the general reader. --Maurice Isserman, Hamilton College--Isserman, Maurice

[The] book is most memorable for the passion with which Jacoby trumpets certain sensible but often overlooked truths. -- David Greenberg Washington Post (05/31/2009)

Fascinating, accessible, and persuasive, Susan Jacoby makes it clear why the Hiss case and the diverse responses to and uses of it matter. She will upset, if not outrage, people on both sides of the political spectrum. Harvey J. Kaye, author of Thomas Paine and the Promise of America --Kaye, Harvey J. Jacoby offers a sprightly and thoughtful overview of the Hiss case, and considers its impact on several generations of liberal and conservative intellectuals. Her nuanced conclusions may not win the approval of either pro- or anti-Hiss partisans, but should prove all the more useful to the general reader. Maurice Isserman, Hamilton College--Isserman, Maurice Fascinating, accessible, and persuasive, Susan Jacoby makes it clear why the Hiss case and the diverse responses to and uses of it matter. She will upset, if not outrage, people on both sides of the political spectrum. --Harvey J. Kaye, author of Thomas Paine and the Promise of America --Kaye, Harvey J. Jacoby offers a sprightly and thoughtful overview of the Hiss case, and considers its impact on several generations of liberal and conservative intellectuals. Her nuanced conclusions may not win the approval of either pro- or anti-Hiss partisans, but should prove all the more useful to the general reader. --Maurice Isserman, Hamilton College--Isserman, Maurice There is a lifetime of eruditionabout American society, the Soviet Union, and the way people bend their perceptions to fit their beliefsin this wise and careful look at an episode that for decades inspired heated diatribes. Jacoby points out that those of us who don''t believe in Hiss''s innocence should still care about the issues of civil liberties that the case raisedand which are still highly relevant today. Adam Hochschild, author of Half the Way Home and Bury the Chains -- Adam Hochschild ?Fascinating, accessible, and persuasive, Susan Jacoby makes it clear why the Hiss case and the diverse responses to and uses of it matter. She will upset, if not outrage, people on both sides of the political spectrum. Harvey J. Kaye, author of Thomas Paine and the Promise of America -- Kaye, Harvey J. ?Jacoby offers a sprightly and thoughtful overview of the Hiss case, and considers its impact on several generations of liberal and conservative intellectuals. Her nuanced conclusions may not win the approval of either pro- or anti-Hiss partisans, but should prove all the more useful to the general reader. Maurice Isserman, Hamilton College -- Isserman, Maurice There is a lifetime of erudition?about American society, the Soviet Union, and the way people bend their perceptions to fit their beliefs?in this wise and careful look at an episode that for decades inspired heated diatribes. Jacoby points out that those of us who don''t believe in Hiss''s innocence should still care about the issues of civil liberties that the case raised?and which are still highly relevant today. ?Adam Hochschild, author of Half the Way Home and Bury the Chains -- Adam Hochschild There is a lifetime of erudition-about American society, the Soviet Union, and the way people bend their perceptions to fit their beliefs-in this wise and careful look at an episode that for decades inspired heated diatribes. Jacoby points out that those of us who don''t believe in Hiss''s innocence should still care about the issues of civil liberties that the case raised-and which are still highly relevant today. -Adam Hochschild, author of Half the Way Home and Bury the Chains [The] book is most memorable for the passion with which Jacoby trumpets certain sensible but often overlooked truths. David Greenberg, The Washington Post --David Greenberg Washington Post (05/31/2009) There is a lifetime of erudition about American society, the Soviet Union, and the way people bend their perceptions to fit their beliefs in this wise and carefullook at an episode that for decades inspired heated diatribes. Jacoby points out that those of us who don't believe in Hiss's innocence should still care about the issues ofcivil libertiesthat the case raised and which are still highly relevant today. Adam Hochschild, author of Half the Way Home and Bury the Chains --Adam Hochschild There is a lifetime of erudition--about American society, the Soviet Union, and the way people bend their perceptions to fit their beliefs--in this wise and careful look at an episode that for decades inspired heated diatribes. Jacoby points out that those of us who don't believe in Hiss's innocence should still care about the issues of civil liberties that the case raised--and which are still highly relevant today. --Adam Hochschild, author of Half the Way Home and Bury the Chains --Adam Hochschild

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Susan Jacoby is an independent scholar and best-selling author. The most recent of her seven previous books is The Age of American Unreason.

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