Gorge Orwell introduced Bert Jolis to Arthur Koestler as "one who is much to our way of thinking." Jolis epitomized their sense of outrage at the silence of Western intellectuals in the face of Communism -- a view that frequently brought him into conflict with the establishment as an intelligence officer with the OSS during World War II and the Cold War. More than an autobiography, A Clutch of Red Diamonds is the story of one man"s crusade, from his rescue of Soviet nationals from repatriation after World War II to his relationship with the Emperor Bokassa of the Central African Republic. Filled with personal portraits of figures such as Albert Schweitzer, Gorge Orwell, William Donovan, Allen Dulles, Jean Kirkpatrick, and William J. Casey, this book will fascinate historians, political scientists, and the general reader interested in an inside look at one man"s struggle against communism.