Tanenhaus gives more detail about Chambers struggles than Chamber's autobiography, Witness. But if you can only read one book, read Witness for its … [Read more...]
Witness by Whittaker Chambers
This is a profoundly moving book about a man coming to realize that the ideology he has dedicated his life to is a fraud and is exceedingly evil. But … [Read more...]
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century. He lived through the worst of the totalitarianism that Soviet Russia … [Read more...]
Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
Shin Dong-hyuk was born in a North Korean prison camp and knew nothing of the outside world. Inside the camp, the prisoners engaged in a struggle to … [Read more...]
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
This novel about the Soviet show trials of the thirties is a good reminder of how the Stalinist system crushed the individual. The Soviet Union may be … [Read more...]