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tlcollier1's review against another edition
5.0
Great book, one of the best I have ever read. It opened my eyes to the climate of the country in the 30's through 50's in many areas but especially as it pertained to the Communist party. Fascinating all the way around but the trial transcripts were especially interesting. I had to do some of it as an audio book just to get through it but definitely worth the time.
clardyparty's review against another edition
5.0
Extraordinary book. Couldn’t put it down. Fills in a lot of gaps in my knowledge of 20th-century American history. I understand a lot of stuff much better now.
Will read it again and again.
Will read it again and again.
lookingtoheaven's review against another edition
5.0
This book affected me in a deeper way. It is fascinating. Compelling, philosophical, spiritual. A mans dark fears turned to light by our knowledge of the victory that would later come through. An honest account of the potential cost of courage. I loved this journey and a look into this man.
srvest's review against another edition
3.25
Interesting but way too long and wordy with a lot of philosophical and introspective musings. A Wikipedia article would have sufficed
bobbo49's review against another edition
4.0
A very long historical read, Chamber's account of his own attraction to, and defection from, Communism, and ultimately, the Alger Hiss case it provoked. This was my dad's copy all underlined and marked up in July 1952 when he read it at age 33. Wish I had read it when he was alive, because it helps me understand a bit better both his own views about the Cold War (and the times when it raged hottest), and his life-long attraction to Richard Nixon (the primary mover in the Congressional investigation of Chambers and Hiss that led to Hiss' perjury conviction and incarceration) as a Cold Warrior.
alexoc4's review against another edition
3.0
Very clearly important, but just so so so long and dry and meandering.
publius's review against another edition
3.0
if you want a great on the ground history of a common man's view of the communist movement in America in the 1920s and 1930s, start here...I couldn't make it through it, though. Beautiful writing, but just don't have the patience at this juncture.
tycho7's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.75