Communism : a TLS companion / edited and with an introduction by Ferdinand Mount.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mount, Ferdinand, 1939-

Series:

TLS companions

The TLS companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--History--20th century.

Communism.

History.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 321 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Summary:

From the overthrow of the tsars until the sudden collapse of Soviet communism, the most influential Western analysts have reflected on and debated the rise and fall of communism in the pages of the "TLS. The diverse opinions gathered in "Communism: A TLS Companion reflect the succession of Western attitudes to the birth, growth, and death of communism. Contributors to this volume include Isaac Deutscher, Eric Hobsbawm, Richard Pipes, Hugh Seton-Watson, Robert Conquest, Geoffrey Hosking, C. M. Woodhouse, Max Hayward, Leszek Kolakowski, Timothy Garton Ash, and many others of equal distinction. The volume is arranged in four sections covering the period leading to the Russian Revolution, the post-Revolution era of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin; the Soviet Union from World War II to 1968; and the final period of disillusionment and collapse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226543234

0226543242

OCLC:

27171742