The Rise and Fall of Communism

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 20th century. Even today, although Communism has been widely discredited in the West, more than a fifth of humanity still lives under its rule.

Product details

• Authors: Archie Brown
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 09.06.2009
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780061138799
• ISBN: 978-0-06-113879-9
• Pages: 736
• Dimensions (packing): 16 x 23.5 x 4.5 cm
• Subjects: Europe, Asia, Geopolitics, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, General and world history, Political science and theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, USSR, Soviet Union, Political ideologies and movements, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY: WORLD, POLITICAL SCIENCE: General, HISTORY: INTELLECTUAL, HISTORY: Modern / 19th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Geopolitics, PHILOSOPHY: Eastern, HISTORY: Asia / China, HISTORY: OF IDEAS, HISTORY: Modern / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE: History & Theory, HISTORY: Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / Asian, HISTORY: Europe / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / European, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / General, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / Cold War, Philosophy / Political/Philosophy, History / History of Ideas, History / Intellectual