The Black Book of Communism (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Stéphane Courtois
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1917-1991
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Twentieth century, Revolutions, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, China or Chinese people, Soviet Union or Soviets, Russian Revolution, Cambodia or Cambodians
For several dramatic years at the end of the 1980’s and the beginning of the 1990’s, communist regimes in Europe, Eurasia, and elsewhere collapsed from within. The demise of the Soviet Union and its allied regimes provided an unexpectedly sudden and relatively bloodless conclusion to the Cold War, which had defined the world’s military and ideological fault lines since the 1940’s.
This disintegration of the world communist movement prompted a reevaluation of central ideological and political questions. Should the demise of communism be seen as a vindication of capitalism?...
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