Modern Library Chronicles: Communism : A History (Series #7) (Paperback)

from tuckerresearch

Pipes lambasts, justifiable and scholarly, the errors of 20th century communism from a variety of angles.

from ORFisHome

Very easy to read. A great critique of communism from a conservative, even Christian in some parts, point of view.

from IFREF

Very easy to read. A great critique of communism from a conservative, even Christian in some parts, point of view.

from jahn

A short overview of the history of communism around the world, though dealing mainly with the USSR. Straightforward, passably well written, deals with as much of communist history as you can expect within 170 pages, but without any explanation or characterisation you would feel obliged to underli...

from martin1400

Disappointing after his 'Russia Under the Old Regime', which is a model of deeply-informed objective analysis. No sane person could defend the record of communist regimes in practise, or suggest that there has been any indication at all in actuality that the communist ideal could ever be realisab...