[Yardstick]

It was written well before the Venona papers were revealed. Chambers wrote it at the height of the Cold War. He was a communist who changed sides and wrote of his conversion. Part of the pathos of his book is that he wasn’t fully convinced that our side would win. He knew we were right but worried that socialism appealed to people’s sense of morality in a way that a liberty oriented philosophy simply could not, and therefore had the edge in winning followers.

[Ditto]

He knew we were right but worried that socialism appealed to people’s sense of morality in a way that a liberty oriented philosophy simply could not, and therefore had the edge in winning followers.

Exactly what we see being played out today 60 years later. It had devolved into Obama phones and other 'free' stuff.

[rlmorel]

Yes. The famous quote (and "Witness" is FULL of them, though this quote was not in it) was:"I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism."

[Pelham]

“Part of the pathos of his book is that he wasn’t fully convinced that our side would win.”

And Obama turned Chambers into a prophet.