The Rise and Demise of World Communism av George W. (Professor Emeritus Professor Emeritus University of California at Berkeley) Breslauer

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A concise, readable, and novel interpretation of the history of communist states.Sixteen states came to be ruled by communist parties during the 20th century. One, the Soviet Union, was geographically the largest nation in the world and a superpower. Another, China, had the world''s largest population. At communism''s high point, its adherents envisioned global triumph. Today, however, only five communist regimes remain in power. Why?In The Rise and Demise of World Communism, George Breslauer, a specialist who has spent decades observing the evolution of communist states, provides a sweeping history of the world communist movement, focusing in particular on what communist states shared in common and why they began to differ from each other over time. Throughout, Breslauer explores the relations among communist states as well as the relations between those states and the world of increasingly affluent, and militarily formidable, democratic-capitalist powers. He finds that these regimes