Chambers, Whittaker. creator text biography Biography. nyu New York Random House [1952] 1952 monographic eng

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808 pages 23 cm In this philosophical memoir, Whittaker Chambers recounts the famous Alger Hiss spy trial as well as his own experiences as a Communist agent in the United States and his later renunciation of communism. Published in 1952, Witness came on the heals of America's trial of the century, in which Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss, a full-standing member of the political establishment, of spying for the Soviet Union. Foreword in the form of a letter to my children -- Flight -- The Story of a middle-class family -- The Outrage and the hope of the world -- The Communist Party -- Underground : the first apparatus -- The Child -- Underground : the second apparatus -- Colonel Boris Bykov -- The Division point -- The Tranquil year -- The Hiss case -- The Bridge -- The Hiss case II -- 1949 -- Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow -- Index. Autobiographical. n-us--- Communism United States Hiss, Alger Chambers, Whittaker Spies United States Biography Etats-Unis. M�emoires politiques Etats-Unis. Proc�es politiques Hiss, Alger Chambers, Whittaker Communisme �Etats-Unis Espions �Etats-Unis Biographies Chambers, Whittaker Hiss, Alger Communism Spies United States Communisme �Etats-Unis Chambers, Whittaker Communism United States Hiss, Alger Spies United States Biography E743.5 .C47 324.273/75/092 B Chambers, Whittaker. New York, Random House [1952] (OCoLC)559514996 52005149 DLC 721213 20151023232356.0 ocm00457049 eng