Communism : a very short introduction /

HOLMES Leslie

Communism : a very short introduction / Leslie Holmes. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xvi, 155 pages : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 209 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This Very Short Introduction considers the theory of communism from Marx's time to its practice in the Bolshevik Revolution, and its collapse in 1989-91. It also examines how Communism operates in practice - politically, economically, and socially. Leslie Holmes reveals Communism's inner dynamics, and examines its contrasts and contradictions.

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