The Rise and Fall of Communism - Hardcover

Brown, Archie

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ISBN 10: 0061138797 ISBN 13: 9780061138799

Verlag: Ecco Pr, 2009

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An in-depth history by the prize-winning Oxford professor author of The Gorbachev Factor traces the origins of the communist ideology through its collapse in many nations following perestroika, in an extensively researched volume that also explores communism's current incarnations. 50,000 first printing.

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From the internationally acclaimed Oxford authority on Communism comes a definitive history that examines the origins of the ideology, its development in different nations, its collapse in many of those countries following perestroika, and its current incarnations around the globe. The Rise and Fall of Communism explores how and why Communists came to power; how they were able, in a variety of countries on different continents, to hold on to power for so long; and what brought about the downfall of so many Communist systems.

For this comprehensive and illuminating work, Brown draws on more than forty years of research and on a wealth of new sources. Tracing the story of Communism from its nineteenth-century roots, Brown explains both its expansion and its decline in the twentieth century. Even today, although Communism has been widely discredited in the West, more than a fifth of humanity still lives under its rule.

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• Verlag: Ecco Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061138797
• ISBN 13: 9780061138799
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 720