The rise and demise of world communism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breslauer, George W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--History--20th century.

Communism.

Socialism--History--20th century.

Socialism.

Communist countries--Politics and government.

Communist countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021.

Summary:

In The Rise and Demise of World Communism, George Breslauer explores the nature of communist regimes-what they shared in common, how they differed from each other, and how they differentially evolved over time. He offers the most accessible and readable account of the evolution of communism in sixteen states. Half the size of more detailed and encyclopedic books on the rise and fall of communism, it engages the reader with short chapters and a ready understanding of the historical flow from Karl Marx to the present day.

Contents:

COVER

The Rise and Demise of World Communism

Copyright

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART 1

1. What Did Communist Regimes Have in Common?

2. How Did Communist Regimes Differ from Each Other?

3. The World Communist Movement: From Moscow-​Centric to Pluralistic

PART 2

4. Marxism: The Vision

5. Leninism: The Instrument

PART 3

6. The Bolshevik Seizure of Power

7. Consolidating Bolshevik Power

8. Respite

9. Building Socialism: Stalin's Revolution from Above

10. The Great Terror and Stalinist Despotism

11. Was Stalinism a Logical Continuation of Marxism, Leninism, or Neither?

12. Was Stalin's Revolution from Above a Rational Strategy of Modernization?

13. Stalinism and World Communism in the 1930s

14. The Impact of World War II on the Soviet Union and World Communism

PART 4

15. The Creation of East European Communist States

16. Origins and Entrenchment of the Cold War, 1945-​1953

17. World War II and the Creation of Asian Communist States: The People's Republic of China

18. Consolidating Power and "Building Socialism" in China

19. Communist Parties Come to Power in Korea and Vietnam

PART 5

20. What Follows Stalinism in the USSR?

21. Diversity and Defiance within the World Communist Movement

22. "Building Communism": Competition for Ideological "Correctness" within the World Communist Movement

23. The Sino-​Soviet Schism, 1957-​1963

24. Cuba's Indigenous Revolution, 1959-​1970

25. The Soviet Union after Khrushchev: Bureaucratic Leninism

26. Alternatives to Utopia in China, 1960-​1965

27. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-​1969

28. Maoism: An Accounting

PART 6

29. The Collapse of the World Communist Movement and the Rise of Détente

30. Why US-​Soviet Détente Failed.

31. The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979

PART 7

32. Varieties of Opposition to Bureaucratic Leninism in Eastern Europe, 1968-​1985

33. Gorbachev's Peaceful Revolution from Above

34. Gorbachev and the Abandonment of Anti-​Imperialist Struggle

PART 8

35. From Maoism to Market Leninism: The Chinese Economic Miracle after Mao

36. China in a Postcommunist World: Can Leninism Survive Market Leninism?

37. Market Leninism in Vietnam

38. Market Leninism in Laos

39. Bureaucratic Leninism in Cuba

40. Stalinism in North Korea

PART 9

41. Why the Drive to Difference?

42. Assessing the Communist Experience: Tragedy or Achievement?

43. Is There a Future for New Communist States?

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-19-757969-8

0-19-757970-1

0-19-757968-X

OCLC:

1253438044