The grand Failure

Fülszöveg

A seminal masterpiece of historical synthesis and political analysis.'
Jean-François Revel
Brilliant deep insight into the essence of communism.'
Mllovan Djilas
Engrossing an unsparing appraisal of a sociopolitical doctrine that once threatened to take the 20th century by storm.'
Kirkus Review
There are books that crystallize widely but vaguely sensed ideas with such clarifying power and conviction that they change the perceptions of mankind and have enormous repercussions that echo down the decades. THE GRAND FAILURE: The Birth and Death of Communism in the 20th Century Is such a hook.'
Martin Sieff THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Western analysts have long argued - and Kremlin leaders have recently acknowledged -that economic, political and social stagnation threatens the stability of the Soviet state and the future of the Communist movement. Furthermore, many writers and politicians have examined Soviet problems and the solutions proposed in 'perestroika', without coming to any... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A seminal masterpiece of historical synthesis and political analysis.'
Jean-François Revel
Brilliant deep insight into the essence of communism.'
Mllovan Djilas
Engrossing an unsparing appraisal of a sociopolitical doctrine that once threatened to take the 20th century by storm.'
Kirkus Review
There are books that crystallize widely but vaguely sensed ideas with such clarifying power and conviction that they change the perceptions of mankind and have enormous repercussions that echo down the decades. THE GRAND FAILURE: The Birth and Death of Communism in the 20th Century Is such a hook.'
Martin Sieff THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Western analysts have long argued - and Kremlin leaders have recently acknowledged -that economic, political and social stagnation threatens the stability of the Soviet state and the future of the Communist movement. Furthermore, many writers and politicians have examined Soviet problems and the solutions proposed in 'perestroika', without coming to any firm conclusions. In THE GRAND FAILURE Zbigniew Brzezinski looks at the history of ' Marxism, Leninism and Stalinism, current Soviet problems and the state of the global Communist movement, and argues that Gorbachev's reforms cannot revitalize a system that is in inevitable decline. He discusses in depth the factors that have led to . this crisis, including: •
• The belief of Communists the world overthat f the Soviet experience henceforth-must not
be imitated but avoided, thus demonstrating \ that Soviet Communism is no longer a practical model for others to emulate.'
•The basic contradiction that Gorbachev confronts - economic success can only be, ^ purchased at the cost of politiciil stability,,, ' while political stability can only be sustained . at the cost of economic failure. ^v i.
• The Communist patty's mojnopolYof powerin Eastern Europe being firmly rooted in Soviet ?-v domination, while the elimination of both ' foreign and party domination is now widely seen as the necessary precondition to social 't'li rebirth.
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Brzezinski concludes that the Communist'V . > phenomenon, born out of an impatient idealism to produce a more humane society, produced mass oppression instead and prompted some H of the worst crimes of this or any century. Startli,ng and controversial, THE GRAND - q FAILURE is destined to become one of the most ;; talked about books of the year. 1
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