Woodslane | Book - 9781793605337

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ISBN-13: 9781793605337
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Edited by Alexander Riley, Contributions by Stephane Courtois, Contributions by Paul Hollander, Contributions by Ronald Radosh, Edited by Alfred Kentigern Siewers
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Local release date: 15/06/2019
Format: Hardback (235.00mm X 155.00mm) 136 pages Weight: 360g
Categories: General studies [GTG]

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Google Preview: In this collection, world-renowned scholars of Bolshevism and world communism analyze the human costs of the Bolshevik Revolution, its contribution to the spread of totalitarianism, and the responses it inspired among American and Western intellectuals. Together, their essays constitute a profound refusal of the poesy of totalitarianism that is based on sober research and detailed analysis of the limits of utopian politics and the dangers of cruel ideologies based in the cosmetic aesthetic of moral perfectionism and lyric intoxication. This study provides an accurate and succinct depiction of the nature of Bolshevism and its consequences in light of several decades of research, including former Soviet archival materials and American intelligence such as the Venona files.; Foreword: Challenging Bolshevik Myth and the Poetry of Totalitarianism, by Alexander Riley Chapter 1: Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Invention of Totalitarianism, by Stephane Courtois Chapter 2: The Russian Revolution and the Soviet System: Significance, Impact and Western Perceptions, by Paul Hollander Chapter 3: Soldiers for Stalin: Why American Communists Betrayed Their Own Country and Spied for the Soviet Union, by Ronald Radosh Afterword: The Valley of Dry Bones: Towards a Rhetoric of True Resistance, by Alfred Siewers; Google Preview content