The rise and fall of communism /

Brown, Archie, 1938-

The rise and fall of communism / Communism Archie Brown. - 1st Ecco pbk. ed. - New York : Ecco, 2011, c2009. - xv, 720 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

"First published in Great Britain in 2009 by The Bodley Head"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [623]-688) and index.

A history of communism, tracing the origins of the ideology, its manifestation in various countries, its collapse in several nations, and its practice in the twenty-first century.

9780061138829 (pbk.) 0061138827


Communism--History.

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