CommunismCommunism has had a dramatic rise and fall as a political system in the last century. Communism by Tom Lansford looks at the historic foots of this form of government, its political and economic components, how it compares with other types of government systems, and the likely reasons for its almost complete demise as a twenty-first century political system. Book jacket. |
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Contents
THE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNISM | 9 |
HISTORY OF COMMUNISM | 24 |
COMMUNISM IN PRACTICE | 45 |
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | 57 |
COMMUNISM IN PERSPECTIVE | 68 |
COMMUNISM AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS | 81 |
COMMUNISM TODAY AND TOMORROW | 93 |
COMMUNISM AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS CHART COMMUNIST GOVERNMENTS | 105 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Communism Political Systems of the World |
| Author | Tom Lansford |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Marshall Cavendish, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0761426280, 9780761426288 |
| Length | 143 pages |
| Subjects | › › Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Politics & Government |
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