With astonishing authority and clarity, richard pipes has fused a lifetimes scholarship into a single focused history of communism, from its hopeful. At its heart, the book is a history of the soviet union, the most comprehensive reorganization of human society ever attempted by a nationstate. He spent his entire academic career at harvard university. At its heart, the book is a history of the soviet union, the most comprehensive reorganization. Documents from the archive of richard pipes project muse. Pdf the dangers of forgetting the legacy of communism. With astonishing authority and clarity, richard pipes has fused a lifetimes scholarship into a single focused history of. Richard pipes has 56 books on goodreads with 9324 ratings. Pipes is a widely recognized authority on russia and is currently baird professor of history at harvard university. My book was undertaken in the belief that the history of the russian labor movement and socialism can be studied objectively and unemotionally. A brief history with documents by jeffrey brooks and georgiy chernyavskiy. A system of ideas took control of intellectuals and revolutionaries across the world, but in unindustrialized nations communism was able to achieve power and wrecked horrible suffering on those unlucky enough to be born within its grasp. Publication date 2001 topics communism publisher new york. At its heart, the book is a history of the soviet union, the most.
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A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full text. A history, richard pipes ixx describes communism relating to three phenomena. A history by richard pipes in doc, fb3, txt download e book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pipes wrote many books on russian history, including russia under the old regime 1974, the russian. Richard edgar pipes was an american academic who specialized in russian history, particularly with respect to the soviet union, who espoused a strong anticommunist point. From the secret archive, edited by richard pipes new haven. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
On leave of absence from harvard, richard pipes joined the. Soviet union, communism still shapes the memory of more than half the worlds. February 1981, with primary responsibility for the soviet union and. Part of the modern librarys series on world history, the book details soviet atrocities. A history, richard pipes ixx desc ribes communism relating to three phenomena. Draws on documentation released since the fall of the soviet union to offer a global history of communism in the twentieth century.