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Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas [Hardcover]

Donald F. Busky (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0275977331 | ISBN-13: 978-0275977337 | Publication Date: September 30, 2002

Busky examines the history of Marxist-Leninist parties and governments in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with biographies of key figures from their beginnings to the ends of their careers. An up-to-date work, the volume incorporates the latest scholarship on the topic. While focused mainly on the Third World, it also presents a detailed history of Marxist-Leninist parties in the United States and other developed nations such as Australia and New Zealand. Busky presents a full-length examination of the history of Maoism and the rise of the People's Republic of China to the post-Cultural Revolution China of today. In addition, Buskey examines the American wars against communist and other leftist nations and movements, from the Korean War to Vietnam and the wars of Central America. He also looks at U.S. covert action against what officials saw as communist threats in Iran, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Granada, and elsewhere. A detailed synthesis that will be of value to beginning students and researchers as well as scholars in comparative politics and history, socialism, and communism.

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DONALD F. BUSKY is Adjunct Professor of History and Political Science at Camden County College. He is the author of Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey (Praeger, 2000) and the companion volumes to the present book: From Utopian Socialism to the Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union: Communism in History and Theory and The European Experience with Communism: History and Theory, both published by Praeger in 2002.

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Praeger Publishers (September 30, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0275977331
ISBN-13: 978-0275977337
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
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To understand the development of Chinese communism, we must first look at the bureaucratic system that existed in China for many centuries, and how through corruption and inability to resist Western imperialism, this latter system fell, giving rise to the communist revolution in that country. Read the first page

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This book cites 37 books:

Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey by Donald F. Busky on 13 pages
The Europa World Year Book 2000, Vol 1 & 2 by Europa Publishe on 5 pages
Encyclopedia of the American Left by Mari Jo Buhle on 4 pages
World Civilizations: Study Gde.to 8r.e v. 1: Their History and Their Culture by Philip Lee Ralph on page 26, page 88, and Back Matter
China: An introduction by Lucian W Pye on page 25, page 26, and Back Matter

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Communism in History and Theory: The European Experience by Donald F. Busky in Back Matter
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