{"product_id":"the-cold-war-romance-of-lillian-hellman-and-john-melby-9780807818152","title":"The Cold War Romance of Lillian Hellman and John Melby","description":"\u003cp\u003eLillian Hellmans memoirs are as notable for what they omit as for what they reveal. In An Unfinished Woman (1969)  she notes that  although she kept an extensive diary of her Moscow trip in the winter of 1944-45  No where is there a record of . . . how close I felt then and now to a State Department career man whose future  seven or eight years later  went down the drain for no reason except the brutal cowardice of his colleagues under the hammering of Joe McCarthy.  The State Department career man is John Fremont Melby  principal author of the governments China White Paper of 1949. Hellman and Melby met in Russia  fell in love  talked often of marriage  and  during their separations over the next thirty years  wrote each other voluminously. When Hellman appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the famous confrontation of May 21  1952  she was anxious to protect not the Hollywood leftists she had known but Melby and Averell Harriman  the former American ambassador to Russia under whose roof she began her affair with Melby.  The Cold War Romance of Lillian Hellman and John Melby is the story of their affair  certainly one of the most intense of Hellmans life. It is also the story of Hellmans role in Melbys seven Loyalty-Security hearings  extending over eighteen months. The transcripts of these hearings  divulged here for the first time  reveal far more about her politics than does her brief appearance before the HUAC. Melby was fired from the State Department in 1953 by John Foster Dulles because of his affair with Hellman and because he would not repudiate her. It was a pure case of guilt by association.  This is a tale of politics  personalities  and passion. Based on Hellmans and Melbys letters  FBI and Passport Office files  transcripts of Melbys hearings  and the files of Hellmans lawyer  Joseph Rauh  this book establishes that Hellmans association with the Communist party was fleeting. But more importantly  it is a compelling account of a love affair that was aborted and then revived by the Cold War.  Originally published in 1989.  A UNC Press Enduring Edition  UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original  and are presented in affordable paperback formats  bringing readers both historical and cultural value.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646879490101,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807818151","price":25.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807818152.jpg?v=1781679626","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-cold-war-romance-of-lillian-hellman-and-john-melby-9780807818152","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}