Ironies of History
Essays on Contemporary Communism

Deutscher, Issac
Publisher:  Ramparts Press, Berkley, USA
Year First Published:  {16513 Ironies of History IRONIES OF HISTORY Essays on Contemporary Communism Deutscher, Issac Ramparts Press Berkley USA A series of essays by Deutscher examinig the evolution of the so-called Communist world after Stalin. 1957 1966 278pp B Book 0-87867-013-0 - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents: <br> <br>Preface <br> <br>PART ONE: REVISIONS AND DIVISIONS <br>Khrushchev on Stalin <br>The Meaning of de-Stalinization <br>Russian in Transition <br>Four Decades of the Revolution <br>Khrushchev at Home <br>Three Currents in Communism <br>Maoism-its Origin and Outlook <br>The Failure of Khrushchevism <br> <br>PART TWO: TWENTY YEARS OF COLD WAR <br>Vietnam in Perspective <br> <br>PART THREE: FROM A BIOGRAPHER'S SKETCHBOOK <br>The Moral Dilemmas of Lenin <br>Trotsky at his Nadir <br>An Obituary on Stalin <br>Warsaw's Verdict on Rokossovsky <br> <br>PART FOUR: HISTORICAL AND LITERARY ESSAYS <br>Between Past and Future <br>The Mensheviks <br>Russia and the West <br>The Irony of History in Stalinism <br>Steps to a new Russian Literature <br>Pasternak and the Calendar of the Revolution <br>Two Autobiographies CX7481 1 false true false CX7481.htm [] Cx}
Year Published:  1966
Pages:  278pp   ISBN:  0-87867-013-0
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX7481

A series of essays by Deutscher examinig the evolution of the so-called Communist world after Stalin.

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Table of Contents:

Preface

PART ONE: REVISIONS AND DIVISIONS
Khrushchev on Stalin
The Meaning of de-Stalinization
Russian in Transition
Four Decades of the Revolution
Khrushchev at Home
Three Currents in Communism
Maoism-its Origin and Outlook
The Failure of Khrushchevism

PART TWO: TWENTY YEARS OF COLD WAR
Vietnam in Perspective

PART THREE: FROM A BIOGRAPHER'S SKETCHBOOK
The Moral Dilemmas of Lenin
Trotsky at his Nadir
An Obituary on Stalin
Warsaw's Verdict on Rokossovsky

PART FOUR: HISTORICAL AND LITERARY ESSAYS
Between Past and Future
The Mensheviks
Russia and the West
The Irony of History in Stalinism
Steps to a new Russian Literature
Pasternak and the Calendar of the Revolution
Two Autobiographies
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