Red Conspirator J. Peters and the American Communist Underground
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Biografisk notat
Thomas Sakmyster is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of Hungary, the Great Powers, and the Danubian Crisis, 1936–1939 and Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: MiklÓs Horthy, 1918–1944.Red Conspirator J. Peters and the American Communist Underground
"Sakmyster has skillfully constructed the first (and only) full-scale biography of the hitherto mysterious high-level American Communist Party functionary most well known by one of his many pseudonyms, 'J. Peters.' Highly Recommended."--<i>Choice</i> "This exhaustively researched book offers an important appraisal of a communist official and spy who has long been shrouded in obscurity. It is indeed a significant addition to the history of American communism and Soviet espionage."--Katherine A. S. Sibley, author of <i>Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War</i> <p>"Highly recommended to anyone who wants to gain insights into the less sensationalized but nevertheless, relentless conspiracy of the CPUSA in attempting undermine the American system of democracy."--<i>Journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association</i></p> "A lively and well-written book, and the best life story yet published in English of a particular Communist type: the professional revolutionary who lived virtually his entire life in the shadowy netherworld where legality shaded into illegality and loyalty to Moscow and the world revolution trumped national identity."--Harvey Klehr, <i>The Weekly Standard</i> "A welcome addition to the ongoing discussion of the nature and experience of American communism."--<i>The Journal of American History</i> "There has long been a need for a biography of J. Peters. Thomas Sakmyster has mined all requisite American and Hungarian/Russian Federation archives, creating a thoroughly researched and extremely well written portrait that puts not just a face but an entire wardrobe on the mysterious J. Peters."--R. Bruce Craig, author of <i>Treasonable Doubt: The Harry Dexter White Spy Case</i>
Abbreviations ix
Introduction xiii
1. Sandor Goldberger: From Hungary to the New World 1
2. The Making of J. Peters, 1931-32 25
3. J. Peters in the 1930s: The Organization Man 39
4. J. Peters and the Secret Apparatus 56
5. Whittaker Chambers and the "Washington Set-up" 74
6. J. Peters's Espionage Ring, 1934-38 91
7. From Peters to Stevens: Life in the Underground 111
8. Dueling with "the Feds," 1943-48 130
9. Trial and Deportation 149
Epilogue and Assessment 169
Notes 193
Bibliography 235
Index 245
Illustrations appear after page 90
"Sakmyster has skillfully constructed the first (and only) full-scale biography of the hitherto mysterious high-level American Communist Party functionary most well known by one of his many pseudonyms, 'J. Peters.' Highly Recommended."--<i>Choice</i> "This exhaustively researched book offers an important appraisal of a communist official and spy who has long been shrouded in obscurity. It is indeed a significant addition to the history of American communism and Soviet espionage."--Katherine A. S. Sibley, author of <i>Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War</i> <p>"Highly recommended to anyone who wants to gain insights into the less sensationalized but nevertheless, relentless conspiracy of the CPUSA in attempting undermine the American system of democracy."--<i>Journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association</i></p> "A lively and well-written book, and the best life story yet published in English of a particular Communist type: the professional revolutionary who lived virtually his entire life in the shadowy netherworld where legality shaded into illegality and loyalty to Moscow and the world revolution trumped national identity."--Harvey Klehr, <i>The Weekly Standard</i> "A welcome addition to the ongoing discussion of the nature and experience of American communism."--<i>The Journal of American History</i> "There has long been a need for a biography of J. Peters. Thomas Sakmyster has mined all requisite American and Hungarian/Russian Federation archives, creating a thoroughly researched and extremely well written portrait that puts not just a face but an entire wardrobe on the mysterious J. Peters."--R. Bruce Craig, author of <i>Treasonable Doubt: The Harry Dexter White Spy Case</i>
Abbreviations ix
Introduction xiii
1. Sandor Goldberger: From Hungary to the New World 1
2. The Making of J. Peters, 1931-32 25
3. J. Peters in the 1930s: The Organization Man 39
4. J. Peters and the Secret Apparatus 56
5. Whittaker Chambers and the "Washington Set-up" 74
6. J. Peters's Espionage Ring, 1934-38 91
7. From Peters to Stevens: Life in the Underground 111
8. Dueling with "the Feds," 1943-48 130
9. Trial and Deportation 149
Epilogue and Assessment 169
Notes 193
Bibliography 235
Index 245
Illustrations appear after page 90