Witness by Whittaker Chambers
First published in 1952, Witness was at once a literary effort, a philosophical treatise, and a bestseller. Whittaker Chambers had just participated in America's trial of the century in which Chambers claimed that Alger Hiss, a full-standing member of the political establishment, was a spy for the Soviet Union. This poetic autobiography recounts the famous case, but also reveals much more. Chambers' worldview--e.g. "man without mysticism is a monster"--went on to help make political conservatism a national force.
Jay Vivian Chambers (1901 -1961), known as Whittaker Chambers, was an American editor who denounced his Communist spying and became respected by the American Conservative movement during the 1950s. After early years as a Communist Party member and Soviet spy, he defected from communism (underground and open party) and worked at Time magazine. Under subpoena in 1948, he testified in what became Alger Hiss's espionage trials and he became an outspoken anti-communist (all described in Witness). Afterwards, he worked briefly as a senior editor at National Review . President Ronald Reagan awarded him the Medal of Freedom posthumously in 198
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| ISBN 13 | 9780895267894 |
| ISBN 10 | 0895267896 |
| Title | Witness |
| Author | Whittaker Chambers |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Regnery Publishing Inc |
| Year published | 1987-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 808 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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