A False Utopia

by William Henry Chamberlin

Genres: Politics, History

264 pages, Cloth binding

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

William Henry Chamberlin (February 17, 1897 – September 12, 1969) was an American historian and journalist. He was the author of several books about the Cold War, communism and US foreign policy, including The Russian Revolution 1917-1921 (1935), which was written in Russia between 1922 and 1934 while he was the Moscow correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.

He had communist sympathies until he lived in the Soviet Union. Then, he gradually turned anticommunist. He predicted that intervention in World War II would help communism in Europe in Asia and so was a non-interventionist.

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book, with a very unique point of view. Written between world wars, shortly before World War 2. Chamberlin uses myriad reasons why collectivism is a failing, misguided, and dangerous ideology. He frequently compares the state of fascist states, Germany and Italy, and the communist Soviet state, against the United States, Britain, and other democracies. In ways that leaves the reader unable to refute the results of the fascist/communist experiments, Chamberlin takes the heavy-handed dictators to task for the results of their actions when compared to their promises. A must read for historians and freedom-loving people everywhere.