Communism: A TLS companion

by Ferdinand Mount (Editor)

In Communism, Ferdinand Mount has gathered fifty-two articles in which the most influential Western analysts, expressing opinions from the dismissive to the ecstatic, react to the unfolding drama in the East. Articles on the Russian Revolution, the rise and fall of Soviet leaders and cultural heroes, and the sudden collapse of the Soviet system reflect successive Western attitudes to the communism phenomenon.

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First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Ferdinand Mount was born in 1939. For many years he was a columnist at the Spectator and then the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times. In between, he was head of the Downing Street Policy Unit and then editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He is now a prize-winning novelist and author of, most recently, the bestselling memoir Cold Cream. He lives in London.