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Matusow Affair: Memoir of a National Scandal
The story of the famous testimony of a paid U.S. government agent who admitted he lied durung Senator McCarthy's HUAC hearings. His story was praised as important reading by such people as John Steinbeck, Drew Pearson, and George Kennan.
308 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1987
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About the author
Albert E. Kahn
16 books3 followersAmerican journalist, photographer, author and nephew of modernist industrial architect Albert Kahn.
He engaged in investigative journalism to expose Nazi espionage, sabotage and propaganda operations in the United States. He also investigated the activities of American fascist and pro-fascist groups.
In The Great Conspiracy: The Secret War Against Soviet Russsia, he describes leading Soviet communists as foreign spies based on their forced confessions at the Moscow Trials.
In 1938 he joined the Communist Party USA. In 1948 he was a candidate for the American Labor Party.
He engaged in investigative journalism to expose Nazi espionage, sabotage and propaganda operations in the United States. He also investigated the activities of American fascist and pro-fascist groups.
In The Great Conspiracy: The Secret War Against Soviet Russsia, he describes leading Soviet communists as foreign spies based on their forced confessions at the Moscow Trials.
In 1938 he joined the Communist Party USA. In 1948 he was a candidate for the American Labor Party.
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