Witness
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 S...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Regnery History,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st Regnery History ed. |
| Series: | Cold War classics.
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| Summary: | 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 - i.e. man without mysticism is a monster - went on to help make political conservatism a national force. |
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| Item Description: | Copyright date: 1952. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xlix, 718 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781621572961 162157296X |
| Author Notes: | 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 |
