What is the author's tone in the memoir, Witness?

The tone of the book can best be summed up as honest. Chambers comes across as honest about his beliefs, thought processes and how he makes his decisions. Even though the reader can't always understand the choices that Chambers made, such as not immediately turning over the documents and microfilm to HUAC or the Grand Jury, he still seems honest in his soul-searching. There are times in the book when the reader has to question Chambers' decisions and actions, as in telling the Grand Jury that there was no link to Soviet espionage.