communism

Describes life in Peking, China, as experienced by the author who lived in the ancient city for two years before and after the 1948 Communist Revolution as an English teacher and husband of the daughter of a high Chinese official.

Explores how Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, rose to the top despite the fact that they came from inconspicuous backgrounds and few people believed they could become world leaders.

Spring Moon, born in 1892 into the privileged House of Chang, grows up in China in a time of political upheaval and social change, moving toward the destiny prophesized at her birth.

Explores the positive and negative effects of communism in Russia, the U.S., and other parts of the world, examining its influence through the lenses of anarchism, Christianity, Marxism, liberalism, and conservatism and applying it to contemporary issues, including war, hunger, the environment, and others.

A comprehensive history of Marxism that examines the origins, structure, and posthumous development of the Marxist system of thought and its impact on the twentieth century.

A study of the anticommunist crusade that swept America in the late 1940s and 1950s, examining representative events and institutions that show not only how McCarthyism operated, but also how its different components interacted with each other; and assessing the lingering impact of McCarthyism on American society.

Presents an introduction to communism, in simple text with illustrations, including information on its beginnings, its rise, and ultimate decline. Includes time line.