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Workers' Paradise Lost
Workers' Paradise Lost Fifty Years of Soviet A Balance Sheet by Eugene Lyons Hardcover 1967
256 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1967
About the author
Eugene Lyons
39 books12 followers American Anticommunist.
In his younger years Lyons was a member of the Young People’s Socialist League the youth section of the Socialist Party USA.
He became critical of the Soviet Union after working there as a correspondent of United Press International.
During the early 1940s and the Second Red Scare which followed World War II, Lyons was a frequent contributor to the popular press on anti-Communist themes, targeting liberals if Lyons deemed them inadequate in their denunciations of the Soviet regime.
Lyons also wrote a biography of President Herbert Hoover.
In his younger years Lyons was a member of the Young People’s Socialist League the youth section of the Socialist Party USA.
He became critical of the Soviet Union after working there as a correspondent of United Press International.
During the early 1940s and the Second Red Scare which followed World War II, Lyons was a frequent contributor to the popular press on anti-Communist themes, targeting liberals if Lyons deemed them inadequate in their denunciations of the Soviet regime.
Lyons also wrote a biography of President Herbert Hoover.
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March 18, 2023
Should be read in schools
September 16, 2011
Lyons presents a fact-filled and tightly argued critique of the Soviet Union. As a Communist, Lyons wrote favorably of the USSR and Stalin in the 20's and 30's, including in his experience an extended stay in the country and a widely acclaimed personal interview with Stalin. Lyons was in a special position to evaluate the Soviet Unions promises versus performance. It was a great read.
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