Totalitarianism and the Prospects for World Order
Subtitle: Closing the Door on the Twentieth Century (Applications of Political Theory)
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: November 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780739105337
Subjects: Marxism & Communism; Political science & theory; Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); History & Theory - Radical Thought; Non-Classifiable; History & Theory - General; 20th century; Post-communism; Totalitarianism; World politics
Description: "Concentration camp survivor, former Marxist Leninist, and Lithuanian patriot, Aleksandras Shtromas devoted his life to understanding totalitarianism and political change. He was a remarkably prescient thinker and is probably best known for his prediction of the fall of the Soviet Union, forecast at a time when the mighty empire seemed almost invincible. This posthumous collection of writings, edited by Robert Faulkner and Daniel I. Mahoney, addresses some of the topics that preoccupied Shtromas throughout his life, including totalitarian regimes, post-communist transitions, the fates of the Baltic states, and the nature of political revolutions."--Jacket.