After The Hiss Case
Chambers had resigned from Time in December 1948. In 1955, William F. Buckley, Jr. started the magazine National Review and Chambers briefly worked there as senior editor (perhaps most famously writing a scathing review, Big Sister is Watching You, of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged). He also wrote for Fortune and Life magazines.
In 1952, Chambers's book Witness was published to widespread acclaim. The book was a combination of autobiography and a warning about the dangers of Communism. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. called it one of the greatest of all American autobiographies, and Ronald Reagan credited the book as the inspiration behind his conversion from a New Deal Democrat to a conservative Republican.
Witness was a bestseller for more than a year and helped pay off Chambers' legal debts.
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