Communism - 2nd Edition

Name: Communism - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

CommunismAuthor(s): Mark Sandle\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138357365, 978-1138357365\nSynopsis\nWhy did communism grow so quickly? Why did it spread to turn almost half of the world red by the mid-1970s? What impact did it have upon capitalism and capitalist society?\n\nCommunism is a concise introduction to one of the most important and influential movements of the 20th century. It shows how the modern communist movement emerged out of radical millenarian movements of the Middle Ages and the English Civil War, becoming a mass movement of industrial society, seeking to overturn capitalism and replace it with a society of equality, justice, harmony and co-operation. It traces the growth of modern communism from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to its position of global power at the end of the Second World War. \n\nMark Sandle investigates the ultimate failure of communism as a political ideolog.