Polish Perspectives on Communism - An Anthology (Hardcover, 1st Lexington Books paperback ed. 2004)

When in the summer of 1920, the Red Army invaded newly independent Poland hoping to use it as a base for carrying out communist revolutions in the West, it met with unexpected resistance not only from the propertied class, but also from peasants and workers. The Poles had a remarkably clear understanding of communism's implications for freedom and human rights. Contributors to Polish Perspectives on Communism accurately grasped, decades before it was actually tried, what communism would mean in practice. These authors-some writing in the mid-1800s-understood the consequences of abolishing property, as preached by the communists, and of their rejection of religion and the rule of law. They anticipated the gruesome features of Leninism-Stalinism long before the collapse of the Soviet Union opened the eyes of its Western admirers. The authors in this anthology dispel the illusion that if communism failed in Russia it was due to an accident of history, having been tried in the wrong country and implemented by incompetent leaders. The evidence presented here should demonstrate that its failure was not only inevitable, but also anticipated long before it occurred.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	November 2003
Editors:	Bogdan Szlachta
Contributors:	Josef Maria Bochenski • Konstanty Crzybowski • Ignacy Czuma • Ignacy Daszynski • Henryk Dembinski • Roman Dmowski • Jozef Goluchowski • Wladyslaw Leopold Jaworski • Walerian Kalinka
Dimensions:	224 x 145 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	188
Edition:	1st Lexington Books paperback ed. 2004
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-0765-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	0-7391-0765-8
Barcode:	9780739107652

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