Communism in History and Theory
Subtitle: Asia, Africa, and the Americas (Communism in History and Theory)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: September 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780275977337
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Marxism & Communism; Political parties; Political structure & processes; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; The Americas; Government - Comparative; History & Theory - General; Political Process - Political Parties; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; ASIA; Africa; America; Communism; History
First sentence: To understand the development of Chinese communism, we must first look at the bureaucratic system that existed in China for many centuries, and how through corruption and inability to resist Western imperialism, this latter system fell, giving rise to the communist revolution in that country.