| Title |
The rise of communism / Robert J. Sims, book editor. |
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| Publication Info. |
San Diego : Greenhaven Press, [2004] |
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©2004 |
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| East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department
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335.43 R |
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| Description |
272 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Turning points |
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Turning points (Greenhaven Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-264) and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. The founders of communism -- 1. Karl Marx viewed the state as a tool of the ruling class / George Douglas Howard Cole -- 2. Marx on capitalism and the alienation of the worker / Bertell Ollman -- 3. Marx's flawed view of capitalism / Louis O. Kelso -- 4. Lenin viewed the worldwide revolution as inevitable / Fernando Claudin -- ch. 2. The rise of Soviet Russia -- 1. Lenin's early bid for a socialist revolution / G.F. Hudson -- 2. The Bolsheviks seize power / Graham Darby -- 3. Modernization and terror : the campaign of Joseph Stalin / Theodore von Laue -- ch. 3. Communism in Asia -- 1. Mao rose to power through peasant discontent / Olivia Coolidge -- 2. Mao insisted that the proletariat lead the revolution / Nick Knight -- 3. The Sino-Soviet rivalry / Richard Lowenthal -- 4. Ho Chi Minh unified Vietnamese communists / Douglas Pike -- 5. Ho Chi Minh was a master opportunist / Robert F. Turner -- ch. 4. Latin American revolution -- 1. Castro's classless revolution in Cuba / James O'Connor -- 2. The communist drive for South America / U.S. New & World Report -- 3. Party line communism in Latin America / Robert J. Alexander -- ch. 5. The Soviet Bloc -- 1. The postwar revolution in Eastern Europe / Constantine Poulos -- 2. The invasion of Czechoslovakia / Roy Medvedev -- 3. Tito's independence / Bartram D. Wolfe -- Appendix of documents -- Chronology. |
| Subject |
Communism -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Sims, Robert J.
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| ISBN |
0737712953 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780737712957 paperback alkaline paper |
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0737712945 lib. alkaline paper |
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9780737712940 lib. alkaline paper |
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