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From one of our greatest historians, a magnificent reckoning with the modern worlds most fateful idea. With astonishing authority and clarity, richard pipes has fused a lifetimes scholarship into a single focused history of communism, from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice. Nov 06, 2001 from one of our greatest historians, a magnificent reckoning with the modern worlds most fateful idea. Richard pipes does an excellent service by providing the reader with a concise history of. An expert on communism, richard pipes follows the history of the soviet union from the 1917 revolution to the cold war, and finally, to its deterioration and collapse. With astonishing authority and clarity, richard pipes has fused a lifetimes. In 1976, he headed team b, a team of analysts organized by the central intelligence agency who analyzed the strategic capacities and goals. At its heart, the book is a history of the soviet union, the most comprehensive. Richard pipes, who died on may 18 at the age of ninetyfour, was a proud, ardent anticommunist. Richard edgar pipes was an american academic who specialized in. Pipes railed against the history of the soviet system from below, advanced by social historians.

Richard pipes, baird professor of history, emeritus, at harvard university, is the author of numerous books and essays, including the russian revolution, russia under the bolshevik regime, and property and freedom. With astonishing authority and clarity, richard pipes has fused a lifetim. A history modern library chronicles reprint by pipes, richard isbn. A history, and three whys of the russian revolution, and more on. As harvard university professor richard pipes shows in communism. A history modern library chronicles by richard pipes 20010904. That being the case, you might reasonably expect it to be written with a. Then a week later she peered at me again, frowned, and asked the same question.

Richard pipes, the author of communism, a history of the intellectual and political movement is described in the front of his book as baird professor of history emeritus at harvard university. Richard pipes has laid out in this short book, the most insightful and concise history and analysis of communism ever written. Richard pipes was a jewishamerican historian who specialised in tsarist russia, the russian revolution and the soviet union. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Pipes, a harvard university historian, tells a story of lofty ideals betrayed by sordid, indeed criminal, practices. For more than 50 years, the conservative book club has guided book lovers to the best conservative books and authors of our times. Groundbreaking in its inclusiveness, enthralling in its narrative of a movement whose purpose, in the words of leon trotsky, was to overthrow the world, the russian revolution draws conclusions that aroused great controversy. During the 1970s and 1980s, pipes was also a significant figure in the formulation of american foreign policy. Apr 28, 1994 with astonishing authority and clarity, richard pipes has fused a lifetimes scholarship into a single focused history of communism, from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice. Communism was an amazing development in world history. The family later moved to warsaw but were forced to flee the nazi invasion in 1939. Dec 14, 2015 with astonishing authority and clarity, richard pipes has fused a lifetimes scholarship into a single focused history of communism, from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice.

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Richard pipes was an american historian who specialised in russia, the russian revolution and the soviet union. From the acclaimed modern library chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world. Traces the history of communism from the antecedents of karl marx, through its spread to russia and adoption by a group of radical intellectuals led by lenin, to the fall of the soviet empire and beyond. His anticommunist books represented his most banal work. Richard pipes does an excellent service by providing the reader with a concise history of communism. Pipes was born in southern poland, the son of a middleclass businessman. At its heart, the book is a history of the soviet union, the most comprehensive reorganization of human society ever attempted by a nationstate.

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