Book
Witness
- Published
- 1952
- Genre
- Biography
- Publisher
- Random House
- Pages
- 808
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/950143.Witness?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_17
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 16–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
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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.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780394452333
- ISBN-10
- 039445233X
Tags
ChambersCold WarCommunity Life-PoliticsCourtHistoryUnited States of America