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Dossier : the secret history of Armand Hammer
- Title
- Dossier : the secret history of Armand Hammer / Edward Jay Epstein.
- Author
- Epstein, Edward Jay, 1935-
- Publication
- New York : Random House, ©1996.
- Supplementary Content
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- Additional Authors
- Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990.
- Description
- xii, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Edward Jay Epstein's investigation into the life of Armand Hammer exposes a tale of fraud, corruption, and personal betrayal that was carried out on such a grand scale and over such a long period of time that it is surely unique. Hammer was ninety-two when he died in 1990.
- A lengthy front-page obituary in The New York Times lauded him as a successful businessman "who long sought peace between the United States and the Soviet Union and financed research for a cancer cure." His philanthropy was noted, along with his vast art collection and his elevated social connections.
- But the official version of Hammer's life, which incorporated many of the major figures and key events of the twentieth century, was in fact a myth, carefully nurtured and embellished for nearly seventy years.
- Aided by newly available sources, Epstein has put together a gripping portrait of a ruthless, audaciously manipulative opportunist whose self-inventions have until now been widely accepted. Epstein gained unprecedented access to FBI files, SEC documents, and files on the Hammer family kept by Soviet intelligence agencies since the 1920's. He interviewed Hammer's mistresses, family, and close friends as well as the shadowy figures who assisted him in business deals.
- During his investigation, Epstein discovered that for many years Hammer had, like Richard Nixon, secretly taped conversations, many of them dealing with illegal activity. These tapes give an intimate view of a master con man at work.
- Alternative Title
- Secret history of Armand Hammer
- Subjects
- Soviet Union
- Statesmen
- Capitalists and financiers
- Businesspeople
- United States
- Soviet Union > Relations > United States
- Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990
- Statesmen > United States > Biography
- Biografie
- Capitalists and financiers > United States > Biography
- Businesspeople > United States > Biography
- Biography
- International relations
- United States > Relations > Soviet Union
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-392) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2385
- ISBN
- 0679448020
- 9780679448020
- 0752813862
- 9780752813868
- 061422232X
- 9780614222326
- LCCN
- 95043146
- OCLC
- 33441238
- Author
- Epstein, Edward Jay, 1935-
- Title
- Dossier : the secret history of Armand Hammer / Edward Jay Epstein.
- Imprint
- New York : Random House, ©1996.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-392) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Epstein, Edward Jay, 1935- Dossier : the secret history of Armand Hammer. 1. ed. New York : Random House, ©1996 (OCoLC)655049793
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2385