One Hundred Years of Communist Experiments

One Hundred Years of Communist Experiments, stemming from a conference held in 2017 on the one-hundredth anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, is a remarkable collection of essays on the history and the political philosophy that have been shaped—and continue to be shaped—by the long legacy of twentieth-century communism. In this book, the world's leading scholars on the subject offer new ways of thinking about communism's complicated history. By not consigning communism to 'the past,' the editors of this book have found creative ways of guiding readers through the terrain of twenty-first-century international politics. One Hundred Years of Communist Experiments is a profound investigation into the past. It is no less a meditation on the uncertainties of the present moment.—Michael C. Kimmage

This inventively designed volume on the past century of world communism provides a passionate, yet judicious, indictment of the both the ideology and practice of communist governments and societies. The book dissects the communist experiment from multiple angles. But it also serves as a warning to take this history seriously and to apply its lessons in the present and future.—Norman Naimark