{"product_id":"witness-9781621572961","title":"Witness","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller for 13 consecutive weeks \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"As long as humanity speaks of virtue and dreams of freedom, the life and writings of Whittaker Chambers will ennoble and inspire.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"One of the dozen or so indispensable books of the century...\" -\u003c\/i\u003e GEORGE F. WILL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Witness changed my worldview, my philosophical perceptions, and, without exaggeration, my life.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - ROBERT D. NOVAK, from his Foreward\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Chambers 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.\" - \u003c\/i\u003eARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"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.\" \u003c\/i\u003e- WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Chambers 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.\" -\u003c\/i\u003e SAM TANENHAUS, author of \u003ci\u003eWhittaker Chambers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"One of the few indispensable autobiographies ever written by an American - and one of the best written, too.\u003c\/i\u003e\" - HILTON KRAMER, \u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in 1952, \u003ci\u003eWitness\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Regnery History's Cold War Classics edition is the most comprehensive version of \u003ci\u003eWitness\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621572961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.70d","brand":"Whittaker Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302304276661,"sku":"9781621572961","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0e97fd8c-369e-407e-9a11-5c845f448ae9.jpg?v=1744725034","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/witness-9781621572961","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}