Whittaker Chambers: A Biography

Over 50 years after giving the testimony that sent Alger Hiss to prison, Chambers remains among the most controversial of 20th-century Americans, hated by many, revered by others. Whittaker Chambers is the 1st biography of this complex, enigmatic figure. Drawing on dozens of interviews & on materials from 40 archives in the USA & abroad--including still-classified KGB dossiers--Tanenhaus traces the remarkable journey that led him from a sleepy Long Island village to center stage in Ameri...

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