In the National Review, a conservative political magazine, Whittaker Chambers wrote a long,angry article about "Atlas Shrugged."
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He starts, naturally, with the most famous political convert in modern American history: WhittakerChambers, whose 1952 book, "Witness, " documented his turn from Communism.
The late 1940s had seen a highly effective campaign against communism, with Harry Truman bringing the full weight of the government down on the party, trade unions expelling party members and WhittakerChambers exposing communist agents in the government.