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Communism [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Richard Pipes
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 From one of our greatest historians, a magnificent reckoning with the modern world's most fateful idea. With astonishing authority and clarity, Richard Pipes has fused a lifetime's scholarship into a single focused history of Communism, from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice. At its heart, the book is a history of the Soviet Union, the most comprehensive reorganization of human society ever attempted by a nation-state. Drawing on much new information, Richard Pip... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 90000 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
Category: General Nonfiction
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Property and Freedom [Secure Mobipocket]
by Richard Pipes
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Property, asserts Richard Pipes, is an indispensable ingredient not only of economic progress but also of liberty and the rule of law. In his new book, the Harvard scholar demonstrates how, throughout history, private ownership has served as a barrier to the power of the state, enabling the Western world to evolve enduring democratic institutions. He traces the development of private property, beginning with ancient Greece and Rome, where property rights in the modern sense first made their appe... more info>>
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