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Whitaker Chambers’ Witness is an American classic which should be required reading in college.
This article is a great read too.
Reagan, in his autobiography, said Chambers helped to open his eyes to the domestic communist threat.
Excellent article. Thanks for posting.
This is an amazing book, and it clearly shows just how long the left has sought this evil of Marxist thinking and influence. Chambers tried to expose the presence of communists in the US government early on, but no one would listen to him, until Richard Nixon did.It shows that even when exposed, the left will deny their guilt, as Alger Hiss did. Even though Hiss and Chambers had been good friends, Hiss insisted in his trial that he did not know Chambers.
If you could read only one more book in your life, this exquisitely written memoir, Witness, by Whittaker Chambers, published in 1952, should be it. It is also available in audio format
You will learn from nationally known journalist Whittaker Chambers, in the most interesting, beautifully written fashion, his own background, the background of his wife and others, the assignments being carried out under facade by “fellow travelers,” the events that caused his awakening, his going into hiding with his family, the scope and content of the infiltration of the U.S. at the highest levels of U.S. government and the most prestigious foundations, and the startling details of his brave historic testimony, you will understand with clarity seemingly disparate events and campaigns that you and your parents and children have been been witnessing increasingly in our times. You’ll understand the why and the how.
You will be able to understand events of our time with clarity, because they are part of the continuum of plans and infiltrations Chambers describes in Witness. You will be grateful to have or listened to this book. You won’t be a happy camper, but you will have the background to understand with a clarity you never had before what is really going on right up to today.