Communism category: 1567 books
I Confess
The Truth About American Communism
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
In 1940, American socialist-turned-conservatist politician Benjamin Gitlow first published this work of political autobiography, I Confess: The Truth About American Communism. The book proved to be controversial and widely noticed, pushing Gitlow into the public eye as a leading opponent of American...
“Left Wing” Communism
An Infantile Disorder; A Popular Essay in Marxist Strategy and Tactics
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
"Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder is a work by Vladimir Lenin attacking assorted critics of the Bolsheviks who claimed positions to their left. Most of these critics were proponents of ideologies later described as left communism.
The book was written in 1920 and published...
The Idea of Communism 3
The Seoul Conference
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
An all-star cast of radical intellectuals discuss the continued importance of communist principles
In 2009 Slavoj iek brought together an acclaimed group of intellectuals to discuss the continued relevance of communism. Unexpectedly the conference attracted an audience of over 1,000 people.
The...
by Dumitru Sandru
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Life under communism is cruel and inhumane. Commit the smallest political infraction, and the secret police will arrest you. The only ray of hope is the West, but getting out from communism is difficult. Communist countries have a “Berlin Wall” around them. It is a crime to escape by crossing...
The Development of Socialism, Social Democracy and Communism
Historical, Political and Socioeconomic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
This book examines how socioeconomic and institutional factors shaped the development of Socialism and its two contending variants of Social Democracy and Communism, investigating why each of these factions enjoyed varying levels of popularity in different societies between 1840 and 1945. It places...
by Filip Spagnoli
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The all-out rejection of communist states and communist theory was an example of intellectual laziness. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the USSR, the West's rejection of all that smacked of socialism or communism was bolstered all the more, but that rejection was already close...
Spanish Marxism versus Soviet Communism
A History of the P.O.U.M. in the Spanish Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Spanish Marxism Versus Soviet Communism is the first historical study of the P.O.U.M. to appear in English. Drawing from his multi-volume work on the subject, which was published in Spanish and Catalan, Victor Alba has collaborated with Stephen Schwartz to produce a condensed and amplified study that...
Transitions and Non-Transitions from Communism
Regime Survival in China, Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, many scholars have sought to explain the collapse of communism. Yet, more than two decades on, communist regimes continue to rule in a diverse set of countries including China, Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam. In a unique study of fourteen countries, Steven Saxonberg...
by Lauren Burnhill
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
In 1985, I received a grant from the Ford Foundation and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Cuban Studies Program to spend two months in Havana researching the last vestiges of private sector agriculture. The summer of 1985 was when the US launched Radio Marti, a Voice of...
Quest for Political Power
Communist Subversion and Militancy in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
The history of communism in Malaya (including Singapore) almost coincided with the rise and fall of communism worldwide, best epitomized in Europe by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Operating through the Malayan Communist Party, communism posed an existential threat to Malaya. While the communist...
Bucharest Diary
Romania's Journey from Darkness to Light
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
An insider's account of Romania's emergence from communism control
In the 1970s American attorney Alfred H. Moses was approached on the streets of Bucharest by young Jews seeking help to emigrate to Israel. This became the author's mission until the communist regime fell in 1989. Before that...
Reagan's War
The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Reagan’s War is the story of Ronald Reagan’s personal and political journey as an anti-communist, from his early days as an actor to his years in the White House. Challenging popular misconceptions of Reagan as an empty suit who played only a passive role in the demise of the Soviet Union, Peter...
A Pope and a President
John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
A Singular Bond That Changed History
Even as historians credit Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders.
Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author...
From Communists to Foreign Capitalists
The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
From Communists to Foreign Capitalists explores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. Delving into the economic change that accompanied these shifts in central and Eastern Europe, Nina Bandelj presents a pioneering...