
To Overthrow the World
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Three decades since the Soviet Union's collapse prompted Francis Fukuyama to proclaim the 'End of History', things look different. Russia may no longer be Communist, but Stalin is more admired there than at any time since his death in 1953. The United States has bled power and prestige in uncanny parallel with China's rise in economic strength and global influence?not least in the US itself. Liberal democratic capitalism seems moribund, while Chinese Communism assimilates the world. How and why did this happen?
In his sweeping history, Sean McMeekin investigates the evolution of Communism from the seductive ideal of a classless society into the ruling doctrine of tyrannical regimes. From Marx's writings to the global resurgence of Communism in the twenty-first century, McMeekin argues that, despite the endurance of this political system, it remains deeply unpopular. Where it has arisen, it has always arisen by force.
Blending narrative with cutting-edge scholarship, To Overthrow the World revolutionises our understanding of Communism?an idea that seemingly cannot die.
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Sean McMeekin PhD was educated at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. Having visited American and European battlefields, libraries and archives, venturing as far east as Russia and Turkey, he now teaches at Bard College. His eight award-winning books include Stalin's War: A New History of World War.
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Social Equality: Genealogy of an Idea
- Prologue: Conspiracy of the Equals
- Part I. Communism in Theory
- 1. Karl Marx and the Utopians
- 2. The First International and the Bakunin Prophecy
- 3. The Second International and the Path Not Taken
- 4. Turning the Armies Red: Lenin Updates Marx
- 5. The Bolsheviks Take Power
- Part II. Communism in Practice
- 6. Communism in Power
- 7. The Communist International
- 8. Stalin Resumes the Communist Offensive
- 9. High Noon: Communism from Peak to Trough,and Back Again
- 10. "People's Democracy": Communism Behind theIron Curtain
- 11. Mao's Moment: Communism Arrives in Asia
- 12. "The World Was Turning in Our Direction":Communism Goes Global
- 13. Red Guards and the Khmer Rouge: Communismad absurdum
- 14. From Selling Jews and Germans to Sports Summits,Socialist Feminism, and the Stasi: Cold War Communismin Action
- 15. Reckoning: Communism Under Challenge, fromAfghanistan and the Reagan Ratchet to Tiananmen Square
- Epilogue: The August Coup and the Strange Non- Deathof Communism
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Archives Referenced in the Notes
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover
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