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.