Eight essays connected by various common strands. The most important one is the community of the main subject-matter: socialism, capitalism, democracy, change of system. These four expressions cover four phenomena of great and comprehensive importance. Each piece in the book deals with these and...

Intro -- Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Communism as an Economic and Societal System in the Twentieth Century -- 1.1. The theoretical model of the command economy and society -- 1.2. The historical evolution of Soviet communism --...