| Description |
xxvii, 675 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Oxford professor David Priestland tells the epic story of a movement that has taken root in dozens of countries across two hundred years, from its birth after the French Revolution to its ideological maturity in nineteenth-century Germany to its rise to dominance (and subsequent fall) in the twentieth century, and shows how Communism, in all its varieties, appealed to different societies for different reasons. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Classical crucible -- A German Prometheus -- Bronze horsemen -- Under western eyes -- Men of steel -- Popular fronts -- The east is red -- Empire -- Parricide -- Guerrillas -- Stasis -- High tide -- Twin revolutions -- Epilogue: Red, orange, green... and red? |
| Subject |
Communism -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780802119247 |
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0802119247 |
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