Witness

#1 New York Times bestseller for 13 consecutive weeks!As long as humanity speaks of virtue and dreams of freedom, the life and writings of Whittaker Chambers will ennoble and inspire. - PRESIDENT RONALD REAGANOne of the dozen or so indispensable books of the century... - GEORGE F. WILLWitness changed my worldview, my philosophical perceptions, and, without exaggeration, my life. - ROBERT D. NOVAK, from his ForewardChambers has written one of the really significant American autobiographies. When some future Plutarch writes his American Live, he will find in Chambers penetrating and terrible insights into America in the early twentieth century. - ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR.Chambers had a gift for language....to call Chambers an activist or Witness a political event is to say Dostoevsky was a criminologist or Crime and Punishment a morality tract. - WASHINGTON POSTChambers was not just the witness against Alger Hiss, but was also one of th articulators of the modern conservative philosophy, a philosophy that has something to do with restoring the spiritual values of politics. - SAM TANENHAUS, author of Whittaker ChambersOne of the few indispensable autobiographies ever written by an American - and one of the best written, too. - HILTON KRAMER, The New Criterion First published in 1952, Witness is the true story of Soviet spies in America and the trial that captivated a nation. Part literary effort, part philosophical treatise, this intriguing autobiography recounts the famous Alger Hiss case and reveals much more. Chambers worldview and his belief that man without mysticism is a monster went on to help make political conservatism a national force. Regnery Historys Cold War Classics edition is the most comprehensive version of Witness ever published, featuring forewords collected from all previous editions, including discussions from luminaries William F. Buckley Jr., Robert D. Novak, Milton Hindus, and Alfred S. Regnery.