| − | '''Whittaker Chambers''' (born Jay Vivian Chambers, April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American intellectual, editor of Communist publications, foreign editor of ''Time'' magazine, Soviet spy, and opponent of Communism. He is best known for his accusation and testimony against a senior American diplomat [[Alger Hiss]] charging him in 1948 with being a Soviet spy. The spectacular case dominated politics in the late 1940s, leading to Hiss's conviction, and the rise of [[Richard Nixon]]. Chambers wrote for [[William Buckley]]'s ''National Review''. His ''Witness'' (1952) is one of the great autobiographies in American literature. | + | '''Whittaker Chambers''' (born Jay Vivian Chambers, April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American intellectual, editor of Communist publications, foreign editor of ''Time'' magazine, Soviet spy, and the most famous American witness against Communism. He is best known for his accusation and testimony against a senior American diplomat [[Alger Hiss]] charging him in 1948 with being a Soviet spy. The spectacular case dominated politics in the late 1940s, leading to Hiss's conviction, and the rise of [[Richard Nixon]], and the virulent hatred of the left for Chambers for betraying their friends in the name of patriotism and Christianity. Chambers wrote for [[William Buckley]]'s ''National Review''. His ''Witness'' (1952) is one of the great autobiographies in American literature. |