Whittaker Chambers
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Remember the Cold War’s Witness September 08, 2022
In one of the most powerful memories of the past century, Whittaker Chambers detailed what it meant to rise Lazarus-like from the depths of the evil that was Soviet communism....
Whittaker Chambers' 'Witness' at Seventy August 09, 2022
Whittaker Chambers remains one of the great witnesses to the moral, political, cultural, and spiritual crisis that spanned the “short twentieth century,” beginning with the “guns of August” in 1914 and ending with the annus mirabilis of 1989 as East-...
Whittaker Chambers’ ‘Witness’ Turns 70 March 11, 2022
Upon publication 70 years ago, Whittaker Chambers’ autobiography, “Witness,” immediately became recognized as a stirring spiritual investigation of communism.Chambers’ resounding verdict is that communist ideology corrupts the souls of its adherents,...
Whittaker Chambers through the Eyes of Rebecca West April 20, 2020
West understood more clearly than anyone the allure of Communism for educated WesternersBolshevism’s appeal to Western intellectuals is a mystery we still struggle to explain. Why did artists who despised patriotism show a larger loyalty to Russian c...
