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To Overthrow the World

By Sean McMeekin

To Overthrow the World Social Sciences

To Overthrow the World

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From an award-winning historian, a new global history of Communism.  “With vivid prose, McMeekin punctures many myths of communism … This is history as a warning.” —Washington Examiner  Winner of the Hayek Book Prize When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the world was certain that Communism was dead. Today, three decades later, it is clear that it was not. While Russia may no longer be Communist, Communism and sympathy for Communist ideas have proliferated across the globe. In To Overthrow the World, Sean McMeekin investigates the evolution of Communism from a seductive ideal of a classless society into the ruling doctrine of tyrannical regimes. Tracing Communism’s ascent from theory to practice, McMeekin ranges from Karl Marx’s writings to the rise and fall of the USSR under Stalin to Mao’s rise to power in China to the acceleration of Communist or Communist-inspired policies around the world in the twenty-first century. McMeekin argues, however, that despite the endurance of Communism, it remains deeply unpopular as a political form. Where it has arisen, it has always arisen by force. Blending historical narrative with cutting-edge scholarship, To Overthrow the World revolutionizes our understanding of the evolution of Communism—an idea that seemingly cannot die.
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Number of Pages:
544
Release Date:
2024-09-10
Publication Date:
2024-09-10
Publisher:
Basic Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1541601963
ISBN13:
9781541601963
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
792 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
238 cm
Thickness:
45 cm
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