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About 207 pages (61,965 words) in 22 products |
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Whittaker Chambers | | Birth Date: |
April 1, 1901 | | Death Date: |
July 9, 1961 | | Place of Birth: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
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 Biography of Whittaker Chambers
1,013 words, approx. 3 pages
 In 1948 TIME magazine editor Whittaker Chambers (1901-1961) testified that in the 1930s he helped organize a Communist spy ring in the U.S. government. His accusations against State Department official Alger Hiss stunned the nation. Jay Vivian Chambers... summary from source:
 Biography of Whittaker Chambers
553 words, approx. 2 pages
Whittaker Chambers was a confessed spy for the Soviet Union and the chief witness in the 1949 perjury trials of Alger Hiss. Chambers accused Hiss, who had been an important official with the U.S. State Department during the 1930s and 1940s, of being a... summary from source:
 Biography of (David) Whittaker Chambers
4,532 words, approx. 15 pages
 Whittaker Chambers achieved public renown as the principal informant in what became the greatest espionage trial of the Cold War. In August 1948 Chambers informed the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA) that he had been... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Whittaker Chambers Information
5,274 words, approx. 18 pages
Jay Vivian (David Whittaker) Chambers (April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer, editor, Communist party member and spy for the Soviet Union who defected and became an outspoken opponent of communism. He is best known for his testimony...
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 The New York Observer Our Critic\'d5s Tip Sheet On Current Reading: Week of July 16th, 2007
7/10/2007: 361 words, approx. 1 pagesSam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review, steps out from behind the arras to play a nuanced round of connect-the-dots in his New Republic essay, “The End of the Journey: From Whittaker Chambers to George W. Bush†(July 2, $4.95). Mr. Tanenhaus,... summary from source:
Investor's Business Daily Boos For Hiss
4/5/2007: 394 words, approx. 1 pagesNational Security: Leftist academics are determined to rehabilitate the reputation of Alger Hiss, the high-level U.S. diplomat and Soviet spy. Time may have passed, but this case was settled a long time ago.Was Soviet communism a malevolent global force committed to conquering the world, with... summary from source:
AP News Researcher adds to Alger Hiss debate
4/5/2007: 592 words, approx. 2 pagesA Russian researcher, delving anew into once-secret Soviet files from the Cold War, says she has found no evidence that Alger Hiss spied or that Soviet intelligence had any particular interest in him.In a speech to be delivered at a New York University symposium Thursday,... summary from source:
The New York Observer The World Needs Disgruntled People
6/12/2005: 814 words, approx. 3 pagesIt was grimly unsurprising that the usual suspects lined up to condemn Mark Felt, a.k.a. Deep Throat, as a traitor and a rat for snitching on his putative boss, Richard Nixon. Pat Buchanan, G. Gordon Liddy and the rest of that honorable cadre seemed almost...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Philip Abbott
13,948 words, approx. 47 pages
In the following essay, Abbott contrasts Witness and Lillian Hellman's Scoundrel Time, contending that “both these autobiographies fail from the standpoint of political theory.”
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Critical Essay by Russell Nieli
4,817 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Nieli contends that both Chambers and Eric Voegelin, a political writer and teacher, have similar ideas about Western modernity.
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