A comprehensive history of Communism that covers its roots, its development, the motives of thinkers and leaders, the experiences of people living in Communist countries, and other related topics.
race, power, and genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
Kiernan, Ben
2002
Presents a comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge revolution of the late 1970s, the brutal leadership of Pol Pot and his racist and totalitarian policies, and the struggle of the United Nations to bring order to this devastated country.
In 1978, a high school senior is forced by her widowed father to move from their comfortable Chicago suburb to help with an underground education movement in communist Poland.
Vladimir Lenin presents an overview of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' socialist program; Marx's philosophical, economic, and social teachings; and the components, sources, and historical development of Marxism.
A reprint of the early twentieth-century text in which Russian leader V. I. Lenin elaborates the principles upon which the Bolshevik, or Communist Party was founded.
American communism and anticommunism in the cold war era
Haynes, John Earl
1996
A historical look at anticommunism in the United States especially during the cold war years and its effect on foreign policy, domestic politics and the arms race.
Using documents from the archives of the former Soviet Union shows the inner workings of the American Communist Party and its espionage apparatus with direct ties to the Soviet Union.
A concise overview of the life, works, and philosophical beliefs of Karl Marx that also provides excerpts of his writings, chronologies of significant philosophical dates and Marx's life and times, and an annotated selected bibliography.