num_pages: 808
description: First published in 1952, Witness was at once a literary effort, a philosophical treatise, and a bestseller. Whittaker Chambers had just participated in America's trial of the century in which Chambers claimed that Alger Hiss, a full-standing member of the political establishment, was a spy for the Soviet Union. This poetic autobiography recounts the famous case, but also reveals much more. Chambers' worldview--e.g. "man without mysticism is a monster"--went on to help make political conservatism a national force.
language: English
title: Witness
titlecomplete: Witness
genres: Biography, Politics, Philosophy, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, American History, Classics, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 2130
awards: awardedAt: -536428800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Regnery Publishing