Creates a literary and philosophical interview with Whittaker Chambers. In odyssey we see chambers again bear his soul. To young admirer, friend and colleague. I was struck, most of all by the deep emotional intensity and raw humanity that flows, of so many of these pages. Amen is trying to account to himself and two world how he made his choices, where he fell and where he blundered, but also there is no going back, doing the right thing can still mean anything, not just for his own soul but his family, couny and generation. Bill buckley as some of you know was a dramatic emotional man, very much so. It is not surprising to me chamberss odyssey moves bill profoundly. As my students know, bill buckley had many influences but the common in his life that was chambers certainly ranks as the most unexpected. The one to follow last year, at yale,. To help us get started today, who know much about the suspect. We had worked sitting in the middle, is distinguished fellow and conservative thou
Publication of Whittaker Chamberss witness. It is a little over an hour. Thank you. Thank you, Buckley Program at yale. Thank you for being here today. Last semester i had the privilege to teach a course on the intellect quote legacy of william f. Buckley jr. I dedicated a couple weeks to build buckleys and i communism with a principal and philosophical position. He once told me late in his life that his most important book may have been odyssey of a friend, the book in which buckley and characteristically barely says or write anything in which he creates a literary and philosophical interview with Whittaker Chambers. In odyssey we see chambers again bear his soul. To young admirer, friend and colleague. I was struck, most of all by the deep emotional intensity and raw humanity that flows, of so many of these pages. Amen is trying to account to himself and two world how he made his choices, where he fell and where he blundered, but also there is no going back, doing the right thing can
Something. Book is about the trial of alger hiss. The perjury trial, which place a when i was in diapers and not a young man. So i dont. And i all my life have been aware of the name of alger hiss. But i dont really understand the part he played in history. I think maybe for the sake of our audience we might want to start out with just who is l. G. Who was alger hiss. Well, that is a great question. Just before i answer it, just. Thank you, matt. Thank you edgartown books. Thank you for having me and having us at st andrews parish house. Its a wonderful space and its wonderful to be here. My family is a great lover of marthas vineyard. And so its its a pleasure to be with you. Thank you. Thank you. Alger hiss is an enigma inside enigma. He is the great. I suppose you would have to say him. The great iago of the 20th century. People have been trying to figure out who alger hiss really was, not just if he guilty or innocent to start alger hiss was convicted. 1950 of spying for the soviet
Were here to talk with david adams, cleveland about his new book, gods deception. David, lets start out with something. Book is about the trial of alger hiss. The perjury trial, which place a when i was in diapers and not a young man. So i dont. And i all my life have been aware of the name of alger hiss. But i dont really understand the part he played in history. I think maybe for the sake of our audience we might want to start out with just who is l. G. Who was alger hiss. Well, that is a great question. Just before i answer it, just. Thank you, matt. Thank you edgartown books. Thank you for having me and having us at st andrews parish house. Its a wonderful space and its wonderful to be here. My family is a great lover of marthas vineyard. And so its its a pleasure to be with you. Thank you. Thank you. Alger hiss is an enigma inside enigma. He is the great. I suppose you would have to say him. The great iago of the 20th century. People have been trying to figure out who alger hiss r
Television companies, support cspan 2 is a public service. Hello. We are here to talk with david and in cleveland about his new book, gods of deception. David, lets start out with something who was elder this . That is a great question, just before i answer, it thank you, matt. Thank you and your edgartown books for having me. And having us at st. Andrews parish. Its a wonderful space and its wonderful to be here. My family is a great lover of marthas vineyard, so its a pleasure to be with you. Thank you. Alger hiss is an enigma inside an enigma. He is the great, i suppose you would have to say, the great iago of the 20th century. People have been trying to figure out who alger hiss really was, not just if he was guilty or innocent. To start, alger hiss was convicted in 1950 of spying for the soviet union. He was convicted of lying about knowing his accuser and when he knew him, this whitaker chambers. He was convicted for perjury about passing Top Secret State Department documents to