Un-American activities :: the trials of William Remington /
In 1948, William W. Remington was one of the bright young men in the Truman administration. He was tall and handsome, a product of Dartmouth and Columbia. From 1940 on, he had risen through government ranks, serving on wartime boards, the President's Council of Economic Advisors, and eventually...
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| Summary: | In 1948, William W. Remington was one of the bright young men in the Truman administration. He was tall and handsome, a product of Dartmouth and Columbia. From 1940 on, he had risen through government ranks, serving on wartime boards, the President's Council of Economic Advisors, and eventually as a major official in the Department of Commerce, with a promising future ahead. By 1954, however, Remington was dead - assassinated in his cell by a team of inmates in a high-security Federal prison. In Un-American Activities, historian Gary May tells the fascinating story of William Remington - a story of intrigue, injustice, government corruption, and anti-Communist hysteria. May labored for eight years in reconstructing Remington's case, searching through FBI files and government documents, and waging an epic battle against then U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani to become the first historian to obtain access to grand jury records. The result is a brilliant account of one man's tragic odyssey and a government run amok. Remington's future collapsed in 1948, when he was charged with being a Communist and a Soviet spy. The accuser was Elizabeth Bentley, an admitted ex-Communist herself and a former courier for Soviet spymasters. Remington's life fell into a whirlpool as he fought government improprieties, illegalities, and the assumption he was guilty. Cleared by government loyalty boards, he was indicted by a grand jurywhose foreman was secretly helping Elizabeth Bentley prepare her memoirs. Remington suffered through two trials for perjury, and the chief witness against him was his own embittered ex-wife. He was convicted and sentenced to the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where his reputation as a Communist preceded him. But May's account also offers fascinating insight into the depth of Soviet penetration into wartime America: As he follows Remington's life from the radical circles at Dartmouth and the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s through his Washington career, he finds that Remington may well have been guilty of the charges against him. Gary May is one of the leading historians writing about postwar America. His first book, China Scapegoat, won the Allan Nevins Prize and was hailed as being "as well-written as a novel, as powerful as a good film" by The Los Angeles Times. Here he brings his analytical and narrative skills to bear on one of the forgotten stories of the McCarthy era, uncovering a gripping tale of espionage, corruption, and personal tragedy |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 393 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199938155 0199938156 1280593520 9781280593529 9786613623355 6613623350 |
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| spelling | May, Gary, 1944- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjGTjmgJHWWtJkHP6GTDVP http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005156 Un-American activities : the trials of William Remington / Gary May. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. 1 online resource (xi, 393 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) and index. In 1948, William W. Remington was one of the bright young men in the Truman administration. He was tall and handsome, a product of Dartmouth and Columbia. From 1940 on, he had risen through government ranks, serving on wartime boards, the President's Council of Economic Advisors, and eventually as a major official in the Department of Commerce, with a promising future ahead. By 1954, however, Remington was dead - assassinated in his cell by a team of inmates in a high-security Federal prison. In Un-American Activities, historian Gary May tells the fascinating story of William Remington - a story of intrigue, injustice, government corruption, and anti-Communist hysteria. May labored for eight years in reconstructing Remington's case, searching through FBI files and government documents, and waging an epic battle against then U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani to become the first historian to obtain access to grand jury records. The result is a brilliant account of one man's tragic odyssey and a government run amok. Remington's future collapsed in 1948, when he was charged with being a Communist and a Soviet spy. The accuser was Elizabeth Bentley, an admitted ex-Communist herself and a former courier for Soviet spymasters. Remington's life fell into a whirlpool as he fought government improprieties, illegalities, and the assumption he was guilty. Cleared by government loyalty boards, he was indicted by a grand jurywhose foreman was secretly helping Elizabeth Bentley prepare her memoirs. Remington suffered through two trials for perjury, and the chief witness against him was his own embittered ex-wife. He was convicted and sentenced to the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where his reputation as a Communist preceded him. But May's account also offers fascinating insight into the depth of Soviet penetration into wartime America: As he follows Remington's life from the radical circles at Dartmouth and the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s through his Washington career, he finds that Remington may well have been guilty of the charges against him. Gary May is one of the leading historians writing about postwar America. His first book, China Scapegoat, won the Allan Nevins Prize and was hailed as being "as well-written as a novel, as powerful as a good film" by The Los Angeles Times. Here he brings his analytical and narrative skills to bear on one of the forgotten stories of the McCarthy era, uncovering a gripping tale of espionage, corruption, and personal tragedy Print version record. Cover; Contents; 1. Present in the Flesh; 2. The New Student-Dartmouth, 1934-1936; 3. Enfant Terrible-Knoxville, 1936-1937; 4. A Square Character-Dartmouth, 1937-1938; 5. Flirting with Danger-Dartmouth, 1938-1939; 6. Renegades; 7. Obliging a Lady; 8. Fighting Back; 9. Sorry about Everything; 10. A Marked Man; 11. No Peace; 12. Tool of Tyranny; 13. Scene of the Crime; 14. Missionary Work; 15. Not in This Day and Time; 16. Object of Hate, Engine of Destruction; 17. A Lot to Explain; 18. The Only Verdict Possible; 19. His Own Worst Enemy; 20. The Ends of Expediency. English. Remington, William Walter, 1917-1954 Trials, litigation, etc. Remington, William Walter, 1917-1954 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJp6936KgQ3YtMgKhb8XBP Remington, William W. swd Trials (Perjury) United States. Trials (Espionage) United States. Communists United States Biography. Communist trials United States. Procès (Parjure) États-Unis. Procès (Espionnage) États-Unis. Communistes États-Unis Biographies. Procès communistes États-Unis. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Lawyers & Judges. bisacsh LAW Criminal Law General. bisacsh Communist trials fast Communists fast Trials (Espionage) fast Trials (Perjury) fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Kommunismus gnd Prozess gnd Political crimes Trials United States Electronic books. collective biographies. aat Biographies fast Trials, litigation, etc. fast Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Biographies. rvmgf has work: Un-American activities (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGYxdBfm4PYb9jvmdfdXwK https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: May, Gary, 1944- Un-American activities. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 0195049802 (DLC) 93025321 (OCoLC)28504362 |
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