"Marxism and Communism: Essential Readings" presents in compact and convenient format the most important statements of theory and policy that have shaped the Communist movement from its beginnings to the present day. The selection of annotated original source readings includes excerpts not only from the 'classic' documents by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin, but also from the writings of the Russian socialists and early Marxists, the Marxist "revisionists," and from documents illustrating the various schools in today's polycentric Communism.
"Marxism and Communism: Essential Readings" presents in compact and convenient format the most important statements of theory and policy that have shaped the Communist movement from its beginnings to the present day. The selection of annotated original source readings includes excerpts not only from the 'classic' documents by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin, but also from the writings of the Russian socialists and early Marxists, the Marxist "revisionists," and from documents illustrating the various schools in today's polycentric Communism.