Stalin Mao Communism And Their 21st Century Aftermath In Russia And China

Author : Miguel A. Faria, Jr.
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527564404

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Stalin, Mao, Communism, and their 21st-Century Aftermath in Russia and China by Miguel A. Faria, Jr. Pdf

This book describes salient and momentous events, as well as gruesome episodes, in the history of communism under Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union and Mao Tse-tung in China, and narrates succinctly the historic major happenings that have taken place since that time up to the 21st century, such as hostilities, espionage, and actual confrontations—occurrences that have affected relations between those two nations vis-à-vis the West and the United States. The author corrects the historic record where it needs amending given new information that has come to light, and redresses political biases that have arisen and to which none of us are immune. This book serves as a sincere warning about the evils not only of the full-blown imposition of totalitarianism via revolution, but also of the implementation of socialism and authoritarianism via evolution, asserting that full economic and political freedom is always best.

Author : FARIA, JR. (MIGUEL A.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527564371

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STALIN, MAO, COMMUNISM, AND THEIR 21ST-CENTURY AFTERMATH IN RUSSIA AND CHINA. by FARIA, JR. (MIGUEL A.) Pdf

Author : Lucien Bianco
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789882370654

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Stalin and Mao by Lucien Bianco Pdf

China's ascent to the ranks of the world's second largest economic power has given its revolution a better image than that of its Russian counterpart. Yet the two have a great deal in common. Indeed, the Chinese revolution was a carbon copy of its predecessor, until Mao became aware, not so much of the failures of the Russian model, but of its inability to adapt to an overcrowded third-world country. Yet, instead of correcting that model, Mao decided to go further and faster in the same direction. The aftershock of an earthquake may be weaker, but the Great Leap Forward of 1958 in China was far more destructive than the Great Turn of 1929 in the Soviet Union. It was conceived with an idealistic end but failed to take all the possibilities into account. China's development only took off after--and thanks to--Mao's death, once the country turned its back on the revolution. Lucien Bianco's original comparative study highlights the similarities: the all-powerful bureaucracy; the over-exploitation of the peasantry, which triggered two of the worst famines of the 20th century; control over writers and artists; repression and labor camps. The comparison of Stalin and Mao that completes the picture, leads the author straight back to Lenin and he quotes the observation by a Chinese historian that, "If at all possible, it is best to avoid revolutions altogether."

Author : Vladimir Tismaneanu,Jordan Luber
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789633864067

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One Hundred Years of Communist Experiments by Vladimir Tismaneanu,Jordan Luber Pdf

Why has communism’s humanist quest for freedom and social justice without exception resulted in the reign of terror and lies? The authors of this collective volume address this urgent question covering the one hundred years since Lenin’s coup brought the first communist regime to power in St. Petersburg, Russia in November 1917. The first part of the volume is dedicated to the varieties of communist fantasies of salvation, and the remaining three consider how communist experiments over many different times and regions attempted to manage economics, politics, as well as society and culture. Although each communist project was adapted to the situation of the country where it operated, the studies in this volume find that because of its ideological nature, communism had a consistent penchant for totalitarianism in all of its manifestations. This book is also concerned with the future. As the world witnesses a new wave of ideological authoritarianism and collectivistic projects, the authors of the nineteen essays suggest lessons from their analyses of communism’s past to help better resist totalitarian projects in the future.

Author : Stéphane Courtois
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0674076087

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The Black Book of Communism by Stéphane Courtois Pdf

This international bestseller plumbs recently opened archives in the former Soviet bloc to reveal the accomplishments of communism around the world. The book is the first attempt to catalogue and analyse the crimes of communism over 70 years.

Author : John Ashley Soames Grenville
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : 0415289556

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A History of the World from the 20th to the 21st Century by John Ashley Soames Grenville Pdf

Provides a comprehensive survey of the key events and personalities of this period.

Author : Michel Oksenberg,Carl Riskin,Ezra F Vogel
Publisher : U of M Center for Chinese Studies
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780472038350

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The Cultural Revolution by Michel Oksenberg,Carl Riskin,Ezra F Vogel Pdf

The Chinese Communist system was from its very inception based on an inherent contradiction and tension, and the Cultural Revolution is the latest and most violent manifestation of that contradiction. Built into the very structure of the system was an inner conflict between the desiderata, the imperatives, and the requirements that technocratic modernization on the one hand and Maoist values and strategy on the other. The Cultural Revolution collects four papers prepared for a research conference on the topic convened by the University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies in March 1968. Michel Oksenberg opens the volume by examining the impact of the Cultural Revolution on occupational groups including peasants, industrial managers and workers, intellectuals, students, party and government officials, and the military. Carl Riskin is concerned with the economic effects of the revolution, taking up production trends in agriculture and industry, movements in foreign trade, and implications of Masoist economic policies for China's economic growth. Robert A. Scalapino turns to China's foreign policy behavior during this period, arguing that Chinese Communists in general, and Mao in particular, formed foreign policy with a curious combination of cosmic, utopian internationalism and practical ethnocentrism rooted both in Chinese tradition and Communist experience. Ezra F. Vogel closes the volume by exploring the structure of the conflict, the struggles between factions, and the character of those factions.

Author : Roderick MACFARQUHAR,Michael Schoenhals
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674040410

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Mao's Last Revolution by Roderick MACFARQUHAR,Michael Schoenhals Pdf

Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. Power struggles raged among Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing - Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four - while Mao often played one against the other.

Author : Arif Dirlik,Paul Michael Healy,Nick Knight
Publisher : Humanities Press International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 1573925977

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Critical Perspectives on Mao Zedong's Thought by Arif Dirlik,Paul Michael Healy,Nick Knight Pdf

Perpetrating the tradition established by earlier radical scholars of the Chinese revolutionary leader and his thought, the 14 essays also strive to establish a basis for innovative perspectives that mobilize the theoretical precepts of critical Left and radical theory. The topics include the Woman Question in an age of green politics, orthodoxy, social formation and change, and Stalinism in the history of the Chinese Communist Party. Five essays explore Mao's influence in the Andes, India, Vietnam, Japan, and the Philippines. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Lorenz M. Lüthi
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400837625

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The Sino-Soviet Split by Lorenz M. Lüthi Pdf

A decade after the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China established their formidable alliance in 1950, escalating public disagreements between them broke the international communist movement apart. In The Sino-Soviet Split, Lorenz Lüthi tells the story of this rupture, which became one of the defining events of the Cold War. Identifying the primary role of disputes over Marxist-Leninist ideology, Lüthi traces their devastating impact in sowing conflict between the two nations in the areas of economic development, party relations, and foreign policy. The source of this estrangement was Mao Zedong's ideological radicalization at a time when Soviet leaders, mainly Nikita Khrushchev, became committed to more pragmatic domestic and foreign policies. Using a wide array of archival and documentary sources from three continents, Lüthi presents a richly detailed account of Sino-Soviet political relations in the 1950s and 1960s. He explores how Sino-Soviet relations were linked to Chinese domestic politics and to Mao's struggles with internal political rivals. Furthermore, Lüthi argues, the Sino-Soviet split had far-reaching consequences for the socialist camp and its connections to the nonaligned movement, the global Cold War, and the Vietnam War. The Sino-Soviet Split provides a meticulous and cogent analysis of a major political fallout between two global powers, opening new areas of research for anyone interested in the history of international relations in the socialist world.

Author : Alexander V. Pantsov,Steven I. Levine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451654486

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Mao by Alexander V. Pantsov,Steven I. Levine Pdf

"Originally published in a different version in 2007 in Russian by Molodaia Gvardiia as Mao Tzedun"--Title page verso.

Author : Rodney P. Carlisle
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1089 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412904094

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Encyclopedia of Politics by Rodney P. Carlisle Pdf

With the Left and Right amusingly placed into left-hand (v.1) and right-hand (v.2) volumes respectively, this encyclopedia contains articles on the people, ideas, events, laws, and issues associated with left and right politics in language that will be accessible to the high school and undergraduate student as well as the general reader. Each entry includes cross-references and a bibliography. Among the topics for politics of the left are Susan B. Anthony, Jean- Jacques Rousseau, abolitionism, desegregation, ACLU, the New Deal, Solidarity, and the Workingmen's Party. Entries are included in each volume for 40 countries and regions, giving the history and current affairs for politics in each. Among the topics for the right are capitalism, Darwinism, censorship, martial law, and the Christian Coalition. The contributors teach at universities worldwide; some are independent scholars. Carlisle is at Rutgers U. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Bih-jaw Lin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000314502

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The Aftermath Of The 1989 Tiananmen Crisis For Mainland China by Bih-jaw Lin Pdf

The 1989 Tiananmen crisis marked a crucial turning point for the People's Republic of China. The unprecedented demonstrations of popular dissent triggered the downfall of reformist premier Zhao Ziyang, who supported the students, and the rise of his conservative successor, Li Peng. The subsequent military crackdown on the demonstrators horrified the world and threatened the PRC with international isolation. In this book, distinguished scholars from Taiwan and the United States analyze the wide-ranging effects of the crisis on the role of ideology; the Party; the military; social and legal reform; economic reform; Taiwan and Hong Kong; and foreign relations. For anyone interested in China, and in particular the future of Communism, this volume will be essential reading.

Author : Robert Gellately
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307962355

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Stalin's Curse by Robert Gellately Pdf

A chilling, riveting account based on newly released Russian documentation that reveals Joseph Stalin’s true motives—and the extent of his enduring commitment to expanding the Soviet empire—during the years in which he seemingly collaborated with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the capitalist West. At the Big Three conferences of World War II, Joseph Stalin persuasively played the role of a great world leader, whose primary concerns lay in international strategy and power politics, and not communist ideology. Now, using recently uncovered documents, Robert Gellately conclusively shows that, in fact, the dictator was biding his time, determined to establish Communist regimes across Europe and beyond. His actions during those years—and the poorly calculated responses to them from the West—set in motion what would eventually become the Cold War. Exciting, deeply engaging, and shrewdly perceptive, Stalin’s Curse is an unprecedented revelation of the sinister machinations of Stalin’s Kremlin.

Author : Norman Naimark,Silvio Pons,Sophie Quinn-Judge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1107133548

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The Cambridge History of Communism by Norman Naimark,Silvio Pons,Sophie Quinn-Judge Pdf

The second volume of The Cambridge History of Communism explores the rise of Communist states and movements after World War II. Leading experts analyze archival sources from formerly Communist states to re-examine the limits to Moscow's control of its satellites; the de-Stalinization of 1956; Communist reform movements; the rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet alliance; the growth of Communism in Asia, Africa and Latin America; and the effects of the Sino-Soviet split on world Communism. Chapters explore the cultures of Communism in the United States, Western Europe and China, and the conflicts engendered by nationalism and the continued need for support from Moscow. With the danger of a new Cold War developing between former and current Communist states and the West, this account of the roots, development and dissolution of the socialist bloc is essential reading.