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Description
Whittaker Chambers was a major figure in the intellectual development of the American right in the post-war period. During his tenure at Time Magazine during the Cold War, he championed a fervent anti-communist viewpoint, identifying an existential threat to freedom from the Soviet Union and China, that became a defining trait of the American political right. One consequence of the fear of communists was a purge of homosexuals in government service as security risks. Robert Dawidoff, professor of history at CGU, discusses Chamber's passage from a communist party member to FBI informant, the role his homosexuality played in his life, the accusations against Alger Hiss, and Chamber's memoir "Witness."
Chambers, Whittaker Homosexuality - Political aspects - United States Cold War Communism - United States - History - 20th century Right and left (Political science) Gay men - Political activity Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 Hiss, Alger
Time Period
2008
Place
Claremont (Calif.)
Source
Original digital video cassette: 60 minute DVM of lecture by Robert Dawidoff
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