Complete Idiot's Guide to Communism

by Rodney P. Carlisle, James H. Lide

-- The U.S. Communist party is alive and well -- its National Convention was Held July 6-8, 2001 in Milwaukee, with a mandate to become more visible.

-- There is virtually no direct competition for this book.

The Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to Communism will cover: the role of communism and the Communist Party during and after the Russian Revolution -- in the Spanish Civil War and the growth of Nazism; Russia in World War II, and the growth of the Cold War in Eastern Europe and Asia; the U.S. Communist Party, the rise and fall of McCarthyism, Castro and Tito, Solidarity, and the split between China and the USSR; the Red retreat -- and the remnants of world communism.

Genres: History

384 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

Dr. Rodney P. Carlisle is a professor emeritus of Rutgers University. He received his AB degree from Harvard College and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He most recently served as general editor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and Right (2005) and authored The Iraq War (2004).