“A work of considerable delicacy and nuance….Brown has crafted a readable and judicious account of Communist history…that is both controversial and common

Chronicles the Czarist Russian Empire in the 1800s, the birth of Bolshevism, events leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the development of new politi

An intriguing local history looks at the rise to prominence of the Communist Party in a corner of Montana during the 1910s and 20s, including the Farmer Labor P

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.

Communist parties came to power in a variety of ways, usually by force, often with the acquiescence of people who hoped for a better future. Then came the impos