Communism
A History

The proper indictment of a rotten ideology that enslaved and murdered millions of people, this book's concise expose and explanation of an idea in theory and practice is a definite must read.......more

Richard Pipes sets out to answer whether the failure of Communism "was due to human error or to flaws inherent in its very nature." To resolve this question, Pipes traces the history of Communism from its conceit, through its regimes in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and then to its repeated demis......more

Generally, the book is a good overview of Communism history. Pipes focused mainly on Russia's Lenin and Stalin time, a bit of Cuba, China, and Cambodia. However, he kept claiming how awful is communism in theory and practice and how great is capitalism, supporting his claim with the destruction of t......more

This concise 160 page book is quite simply the best book on the history of communism I have ever read. It is easy to read and explains the entire movement from Marx to 1991. To understand the 20th century this is a crucial topic to digest. Also I would like to mention that Pipes is really hard on Le......more