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Ward, Barbara.
FAITH AND FREEDOM.
pp. viii, 308. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First edition. Nice copy. Coldwar/Economics 4
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WARNIER Philippe
Marx pour un chrétien
Fayard1977, In-8 broché, 236 pages. Bon état.
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WARNIR, Philippe
Marx pour un chrétien
Paris, Fayard-Mame, 1977, 236pp.
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Wasastjerna, Hans R.
MINNESOTAN SUOMALAISTEN HISTORIA.
8vo. Xi, 780 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Finnish language; Minnesotan history; Finnish-American history; Finnish-Americans -- Minnesota. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Dust jacket present but torn, chipped, and taped together. Book has almost no wear. Very good condition. (FIN-1-19)
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Wasilewska, Wanda [Vanda Lvovna Vasilevskaya]
KORYCHNEVYI KHIZHAK
Original paper wrappers stiff protector. 8vo, 14 pages. 25 cm. In Ukrainian. Title translates to "The Brown Bandit. " A critique of German Fascism. Wanda Wasilewska was a well-known Polish communist and propagandist who worked closely with the Soviet Union during and after WWII. She was appointed as head of the Society of Polish Patriots by Joseph Stalin and was very active in the Soviet-sponsored Polish Committee of National Liberation, which supported Polish inclusion in the Soviet Union. SUBJECT (S) : Fascism -- Germany. World War, 1939-1945 -- Ukraine. OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (UC Berkeley, NYPL) . Ex-library with usual markings. Pages are brown. Very Good Condition. (UKR-2-1)
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Wasserman, Louis.
MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES. And What They Mean.
pp. viii, 287. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, spine darkened. Coldwar/Economics 3
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Wat Alexandre
Mon Siècle
Fort in-8. broch. ed. 725 pages. "Confession d'un intellectuel européen", poète, l'auteur témoigne des années staliniennes. Illustrations.
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Waterlow, Jonathan
It's Only a Joke, Comrade!: Humour, Trust and Everyday Life under Stalin
8vo, pp.308. 'A stunningly original study of Stalinist society... Waterlow’s fresh and fluent style crackles with wit and perception... Essential reading for anyone interested in how human beings navigate a path through times of extraordinary upheaval, privation and danger' – Daniel Beer, author of The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile under the Tsars 'An extraordinary achievement. Jonathan Waterlow has found a unique lens into Stalinist society through this brilliant exploration of humor.' – Ronald Grigor Suny, author of The Soviet Experiment 'Re-vitalizes our understanding of Soviet society' – Lynne Viola, author of The Unknown Gulag 'Jonathan Waterlow’s fascinating book is, however, a pioneering historical study of the genre, unique in its sensitivity to the social context in which jokes circulated. Drawing on extensive unpublished material from archives, it captures the contrary functions of these small comic narratives, as instruments of social solidarity and not just of subversion. It is also, as any book about jokes should be, lively, engaging, and at times very funny. A must read for anyone interested in Soviet or indeed Russian culture.' – Catriona Kelly, author of Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction 'The best book on Stalinism I've read in a long time' – S.A. Smith, author of The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction 'A revelatory account of how ordinary citizens experienced Stalinism. Essential reading.' – Andy Willimott, author of Living the Revolution 'One of those rare books that not only has to be read by scholars in the field, but is also accessible to a wide readership. Indeed it is an essential read for anybody who wants to get beyond standard views of the "communist joke" and understand what humour really tells us about life under this extraordinary regime' – David Priestland, author of The Red Flag: Communism and the Making of the Modern World '...gives us a powerful insight into the way societies function at times of great stress and into the nature of humanity itself.' – Peter Waldron, Former President of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies 'To breathtaking effect, Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin tapped into the relentlessly dark humour to be found in the USSR at its paranoid peak. Now, Jonathan Waterlow has picked up the baton, exploring the kind of jokes that flourished in Soviet society to help people cope with the uncertainty and despair of living under an authoritarian regime where reality could change overnight. Tracing how traditional strands of Russian humour adapted to the new era, he discovers that the country couldn’t be neatly split into believers and dissidents. Most citizens were somewhere in between, and making sense of that grey area is what excites Waterlow, particularly when the official version and personal experience intersected and engaged with each other. Thanks to the records of a Soviet Commission on satire, he can tell us what the regime thought of the jokers too. Waterlow provides insight into a people who, more than 25 years after the collapse of the USSR, still remain an enigma.' – The Herald
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Waters Mary Alice
Women and the Socialist Revolution
NY: Pathfinder n.d. pamphlet illustrated 30pp. 1'' tear down top of spine else Very good NY: Pathfinder, n.d. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5809
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Waters Mary-Alice
Women & the Socialist Revolution
in inglese bross. edit., fascicolo di 30 pp.
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Watkins Susan ed.
New Left Review 52 Second Series July-August 2008
London: New Left Review 2008. Paper bound issue 52 of the Second Series 160pp. New/fine/unread. 230 grams - ships lettermail. Includes: Normann Dombey on Prospects for the NPT; Mark Elvin on The Difference in China; Franco Moretti on Rethinking the Novel; Peter Gowan on A New Nuclear Order; Robin Blackburn on Slaves and Philosophy; Emir Sader on Strategies in South America; Gregor McLennan on Among the Unbelievers; Steve Smith on Petrograd Year One; and Walter Benn Michaels on Against Diversity. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. London: New Left Review, 2008 unknown
Bookseller reference : 25459
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Watkins Susan ed.
New Left Review 54 Second Series November-December 2008
London: New Left Review 2008. Paper bound issue 53 of the Second Series 159pp. New/fine/unread. 230 grams - ships lettermail. Includes: Susan Watkins on Lulling Nuclear Protest; Nicholas Crafts on Profits of Doom; Michel Aglietta on Bifurcation in Asia; Kozo Yamamura on More System Please!; Dmitri Furman on Imitation Democracies; Sven Lutticken on Abstract Things; Alexander Beecroft on Six Modes of Writing; Kheya Bag on Epistles of Fire; Henry Zhao on Caring for the Nation; and Joel Andreas on China's Change of Colour. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. London: New Left Review, 2008 unknown
Bookseller reference : 25461
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Watkins Susan ed.
New Left Review 50 Second Series March-April 2008
London: New Left Review 2008. Paper bound issue 50 of the Second Series 155pp. New/fine/unread. 240 grams - ships lettermail. Includes: Robin Blackburn on The Credit Crunch; Tariq Ali on Khyber Impasse; Benedict Anderson on A Murderer's Legacy; Liu Shih-Diing on Las Vegas in China; Kees van der Pijl on Atlantic Ideologies; Alberto Toscano on Nuremberg to Baghdad; and Alexander Cockburn on Slumland USA. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. London: New Left Review, 2008 unknown
Bookseller reference : 25458
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WAUTERS Arthur
Le communisme de Mao Tsé-tung
Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles, Institut de sociologie Solvay 1957 112pp., br., G33857
Bookseller reference : G33857
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WAUTERS Arthur
Le communisme de Mao Tsé-tung
112pp., br.
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Weather Underground; Dohrn, Bernadine; Jones, Jeff; Ayers, Billy [Bill]; Sojourn, Celia; et al
Prairie Fire - The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism: The Political Statement of the Weather Underground
"Here is PRAIRIE FIRE, our political ideology - a strategy for anti-imperialism and revolution inside the imperial US. This paper has been collectively adopted as the political statement of the Weather Underground. PRAIRIE FIRE is written to communist-minded revolutionaries, independent organizers and anti-imperialists. It is written as an argument against those who oppose action and hold back the struggle." - Opening statement by Bernadine Dohrn, Billy (Bill) Ayers, Jeff Jones and Celia Sojourn. pp. [6], 7- 186, [6]. Frequently illustrated with grainy black and white reproductions of photos. Includes list of books studied in the preparation of this work. Chapters include: Impressions of U.S. History; Imperialism in Crisis - The Third World; Imperialism in Crisis - The Home Front; Against the Common Enemy; and more. "We are a guerrilla organization. We are communist women and men, underground in the United States for more than four years... Our intention is to disrupt the empire... to incapacitate it... to forge an underground, a clandestine political organization engaged in every form of struggle, protected from the eyes and weapons of the state, a base against repression, to accumulate lessons, experience and constant practice, a base from which to attack." - page 1 of an earlier edition. Prior to publication the Weather Underground had already bombed multiple government buildings. Twenty-one years after publication, Ayers and Dohrn hosted a meeting at which Illinois state Sen. Alice Palmer introduced Barack Obama as her chosen successor. The rest is history. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Sunning to spine. A sound vintage copy of this work, the influence of which dominates headlines almost fifty years after publication . 8.5" x 5.5". Book
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Weber Henri
Marxisme et conscience de classe
10/18 10-18 Dos carré collé 1975 In-12 (10,9 x 17,7 cm), dos carré collé, 442 pages ; volume jauni, rousseurs aux plats, dos, tranches et gardes, note manuscrite en première garde, état moyen. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Bookseller reference : vk2262
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Webb Sidney and Beatrice Webb
Soviet Communism: A New Civilization
London: Gollancz 1937. Hard bound heavy card covers two volumes in one. Left Book Club edition. 1257pp includes appendices and indices. Name & date on front endpaper. Front cover detached with rear cover starting otherwise tightly bound and Very good inside! All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. London: Gollancz, 1937. unknown
Bookseller reference : 1757
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WEBB Sidney e Beatrice
Il comunismo sovietico una nuova civiltà.
2 vol, in 8, p. 730, 926, br. orig.
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Webb Sidney e Beatrice
Il comunismo sovietico: una nuova civiltà.
2 voll. pp. 730, 925, cm 22x15, rileg. edit. , Biblioteca Cultura Politica e Giuridica, 3.
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WEBB Sidney e Beatrice.
Il comunismo sovietico: una nuova civiltà. Solo vol. primo.
In-8° pp. 730. Bross. edit. rare segnature a matita.
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Webb, Sidney and Beatrice.
THE DECAY OF CAPITALIST CIVILISATION. Second Edition.
pp. 182, (4)[Publisher's catalogue]. Slight old staining. 8vo. Original full printed stiff wraps. Some browning. Coldwar/Economics 5
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Weeks, Theodore R.
Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia - Nationalism and Russification on the Western Frontier, 1863-1914
23.5x16 cm. 297 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Cover corners and cover upper edge slightly bumped. Spine curved. Else in good condition.
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WEIGEL George
The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism.
Oxford University Press 1992. Hardcover. Ex-library odd pencilling otherwise good in dust jacket. 255pp. ISBN 0195071603. . Oxford University Press, 1992 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 72375 ISBN : 0195071603 9780195071603
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Weigel, George
L' ultima rivoluzione La Chiesa della resistenza e il crollo del Comunismo
Mm 145x220 Collana "Frecce". Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta originale, x + 313 pagine con tavole in nero fuori testo. Opera in condizioni molto buone, presenta una piccola etichetta di biblioteca dismessa alla prima carta. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
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Weinberger, Caspar W.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CASPAR W. WEINBERGER TO THE CONGRESS. On the FY 1987 Budget, Fy 1988 Authorization Request and FY 1987-1991 Defense Programs.
336p. Charts and diagrams. 4to. Original blue gold decorated wraps. Coldwar/Economics 1
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Weinstein James
The Decline of Socialism in America 1912-1925
NY: Vintage Books 1969. Paper bound first edition 367pp includes bibliography and index. Moderately foxed throughout with previous owner name modestly top of title page else tight and clean and very good overall. 320 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. NY: Vintage Books, 1969 unknown
Bookseller reference : 23029
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Weinstein James
Storia della sinistra in America
19 cm, br. ill, p. 263
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Weinstein, Bernard, 1866- ; Gross, Naftoli, 1896 Or 7-1956. Kozlovski, Note, 1906- (Illustrator)
BILDER FUN IDISHN ARBETER LEBN IN AMERIKE (SKETCHES OF THE LIFE OF JEWISH WORKERS IN AMERICA)
Nyu York: Arbeter ring bildung department, 1935. Cloth with illustrated paper panel on front, Square 8vo. 139 pages. In Yiddish. Sketches of the Life of Jewish Workers in America (on English title page) . SUBJECT(S) : Working class -- United States. Jews -- United States. Includes bold black and white plates by Note Kozlovsky and color illusration on cover. OCLC lists 28 copies Worldwide. Some scratches on front illustration, otherwise very good condition. (YID-11-3)
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Weir, Jean & Bonanno, Alfredo M.& Kronstadt Editions Comrades
Workers' Autonomy : Anarchist Pamphlet No 3
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly foxed boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. A discussion of the means needed to further the aims of the proletariat.
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WEISS PETER
Totskij in esilio Dramma in due atti
Firma di appartenenza Ottimo stato.
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weit e.
La Polonia in crisi.
(Milano), Rizzoli, (1971), in-8, cartone edit., sovraccoperta, pp. 230, (6). Con tavv. f.t.
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WEITLING WILHELM. THE FIRST REAL BIBLE OF COMMUNISM
Garantien der Harmonie und Freiheit.
Vivis 1842. 8vo. Contemporary modest half cloth with marbled paper over boards. Wear to extremities. Old owner's name to title-page. Occasional brownspotting. XII 2 264 pp. � Rare first edition of one of the greatest works of communism Weitling's extremely influential main work which came to be known as "the debut of the German workers" Marx. Published a full six years before "The Communist Manifesto" Weitling's "Guarantees of Harmony and Freedom" arguably constitutes the foundational work of Communism and it is not by chance that Engels names Weitling "The founder of German Communism" Engels 1975 1843 p. 402 and Marx characterizes this work as the "brilliant debut of the German workers" and the "gigantic first steps of the proletariat". <br><br>Considered the first real Communist Weitling was a communist before both Marx and Engels. He was the founder of the League of the Just Bund der Gerechten - really the first international communist organisation with branches in Germany France Switzerland Hungary and Scandinavia that Marx and Engels joined and turned into the Communist League and signatory to early statements by the executive of the First International. <br>Having been so admired by Marx and Engels after the publication of the present magnum opus he later fell out with them after a struggle in 1846-47 over the party programme for the League of the Just which he had co-founded. Marx of course won the struggle and the Communist Manifesto as written - not a party programme dictating direct and violent overthrow of the state and the immediate establishment of communism.<br><br>"The League of the Just after the debacle of May 1839 ceased to exist as a central organisation. At any rate no traces of its existence or its activity as a central organisation are found after 1840. There remained only independent circles organised by ex-members of the League. One of these circles was organised in London. <br><br>Other members of the League of the Just fled to Switzerland the most influential among them being Wilhelm Weitling 1809-1864. A tailor by trade one of the first German revolutionists from among the artisan proletariat Weitling like many other German artisans of the time peregrinated from town to town. In 1835 he found himself in Paris but it was in 1837 that he settled there for long. In Paris he became a member of the League of the Just and familiarized himself with the teachings of Hugues Lamennais the protagonist of Christian socialism of Saint-Simon and Fourier. There he also met Blanqui and his followers.<br><br>In Switzerland Weitling and some friends after an unsuccessful attempt to propagandise the Swiss began to organise circles among the German workers and the emigrants. In 1842 he published his chief work "Guarantees of Harmony and Freedom".<br><br>Influenced by Blanqui Weitling's ideas differed from those of other contemporary utopians in that he did not believe in a peaceful transition into communism. The new society a very detailed plan of which was worked out by him could only be realised through the use of force. The sooner existing society is abolished the sooner will the people be freed. The best method is to bring the existing social disorder to the last extreme. The worse the better! The most trustworthy revolutionary element which could be relied upon to wreck present society was according to Weitling the lowest grade proletariat the "lumpenproletariat" including even the robbers. <br><br>It was in Switzerland too that Michael Bakunin 1811-1876 met Weitling and absorbed some of his ideas. Owing to the arrest and the judicial prosecution started against Weitling and his followers Bakunin was compromised and forever became an exile from his own country. <br><br>After a term in prison Weitling was extradited to Germany in 1841. Following a period of wandering he finally landed in London where his arrival was joyously celebrated. <br><br>A large mass meeting was arranged in his honour. English socialists and Chartists as well as German and French emigrants participated. This was the first great international meeting in London. It suggested to Schapper the idea of organising in October 1844 an international society The Society of Democratic Friends of all Nations. The aim was the rapprochement of the revolutionists of all nationalities the strengthening of a feeling of brotherhood among peoples and the conquest of social and political rights At the head of this enterprise were Schapper and his friends. <br><br>Weitling stayed in London for about a year and a half. In the labour circles where all kinds of topics dealing with current events were being passionately discussed Weitling had at first exerted a great influence. But he soon came upon strong opposition. His old comrades Schapper Heinrich Bauer and Joseph Moll 1811-1819 had during their much longer stay in London learned all about the English labour movement and the teachings of Owen. <br>According to Weitling the proletariat was not a separate class with distinct class interests; the proletariat was only a portion of the indigent oppressed section of the population. Among these poor the "Iumpenproletariat" was the most revolutionary element. He was still trumpeting his idea that robbers and bandits were the most reliable elements in the war against the existing order. He did not attach much weight to propaganda. He visualised the future in the form of a communist society directed by a small group of wise men. To attract the masses he deemed it indispensable to resort to the aid of religion. He made Christ the forerunner of communism picturing communism as Christianity minus its later accretions. <br>.<br> In 1844 Weitling was one of the most popular and renowned men not only among German workers but also among the German intelligentsia.<br><br>To him i.e. Marx Weitling was a very gifted expression of the aspirations of that very proletariat the historic mission of which he himself was then formulating. Here is what he wrote of Weitling before he met him: <br> <br>"Where can the bourgeoisie its philosophers and literati included boast of work dealing with the political emancipation comparable with Weitling's "Guarantees of Harmony and Freedom" If one compares the dry and timid mediocrity of German political literature with this fiery and brilliant debut of the German workers if one compares these halting but gigantic first steps of the proletariat with the mincing gait of the full-grown German bourgeoisie one cannot help predicting that the proletarian Cinderella will develop into a prodigy of strength." <br> <br>It was quite natural that Marx and Engels should seek to make the acquaintance of Weitling. We know that the two friends during their short sojourn in London in 1845 became acquainted with the English Chartists and with the German emigrants. Though Weitling was still in London at that time we are not certain that Marx and Engels met him. They entered into close relations in 1846 when Weitling came to Brussels where Marx too had settled in 1845 after he had been driven out of France.<br><br>As Weitling kept arguing for a direct and violent overthrow of the state and the immediate establishment of communism based on the model of the first Christians in the New Testament Marx came to directly disagree with him arguing that what was needed first was the full development of capitalism and bourgeois democracy before communism could take root. By June of 1847 the newly named Communist League endorsed Marx's programme not Weitling's revolutionary ideas and a year later "The Manifesto of the Communist Party". By that time Weitling had immigrated to the USA. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 56351
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Welch, Robert.
THE POLITICIAN.
pp. xvi, 300, (xvii-cxlviii)[Epilogue, Bibliography, Footnotes]. 8vo. Original full black glossy wraps. Spiral bound. A study of American political response to Communism and One Worlders, supported by a large documentary apparatus. Written by the founder of the John Birch Society, this is a classic attack on President Eisenhower. The case is made that, while not exactly a card-carrying member of the Communist Party, his policies certainly aided and abetted the International Communist Conspiracy every bit as much as did those of his immediate Democratic predecessors. Coldwar/Economics 5
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Welles, Sumner.
THE TIME FOR DECISION.
431p. 8vo. Original full cloth blue binding. ". criticism of the foreign policy of our State Department and of the peace policy of the United Nations." Quite influential on generations of conservatives. Coldwar/Economics 2
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Wells H. G
New Worlds for Old
NY: The MacMillan Compny 1908. 1st American edition. Hardbound. GOOD. Tight faintest age tanning of pages light age soil to exterior page edges and light foxing to endpapers slight tilt to spine. Clot covers of maroon faille with Gilt lettering and black illustrations. No dust jacket. Softened spine ends with beginning of fraying. Cover corners are rubbed with slight curl. "advocates the replacement of a "social system based on Private Ownership" with one based on the "spirit of service" arguing that this will be more productive as well as more just. He devotes several chapters to addressing objections to socialism then analyzes the history of socialism." The MacMillan Compny hardcover
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Wells Herbert George
Intervista a Stalin
br. Nel 1934 H. G. Wells visitò l'Unione Sovietica e il 23 luglio intervistò, per quasi tre ore, Joseph Stalin. Wells era già stato in Unione Sovietica nel 1920, dopo la rivoluzione del '17 e la guerra. Ora ritorna trovandosi in un paese molto diverso, radicato nel socialismo, con Stalin saldamente al potere e con ancora grandi difficoltà economiche. Il testo è una potente testimonianza di tutto questo e dal dialogo si coglie la tensione che, dietro all'apparente cordialità, pone in contrapposizione due visioni politiche e sociali differenti.
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Welter G.
HISTOIRE DE LA RUSSIE COMMUNISTE 1917 - 1935 (1935)
In 8, bross., pp. 222.Mancanze al dorso, discrete condizioni.Luogo di pubblicazione ParisEditore PayotAnno pubblicazione 1935Materia/Argomento Storia, Comunismo
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welter G.
Histoire de la Russie Communiste.
(Comunismo) welter G. Histoire de la Russie Communiste. Parigi, 1935. In-8°, pp. 222.
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WERTH, Nicolas
Histoire de l'Union soviétique. De l'Empire Russe à la Communauté des Etats indépendants 1900 - 1991
1992 Edition des Presses Universitaires de France (PUF), collection "Thémis Histoire" - 1992 - In-8, broché - 558 pages
Bookseller reference : 113945
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Werner Ruth
Olga Benario. Una vita per la rivoluzione
br. Olga Benario ha vissuto una intensa vita di rivoluzione, amori e drammi tra Monaco, Berlino, Mosca e Rio de Janeiro. Nata nel 1908 a Monaco, Olga si iscrive a 15 anni alla Gioventù Comunista. Insieme a Otto Braun si trasferisce a Berlino, dove nel 1927 viene arrestata con l'accusa di alto tradimento. Mentra lei riacquista la liberà per vie legali, Otto Braun rischia invece 20 anni di carcere. Con una spettacolare azione armata (oggi direbbero terroristica) Olga riesce a far evadere Otto Braun dalla prigione di Moabit. Entrambi riparano poi nell'URSS, dove vengono accolti trionfalmente. L'Internazionale Comunista la manda in Brasile assieme a Louis Carlos Prestes per prendere contatto con il PCB che conta anche sull'appoggio di taluni settori dell'esercito. Nel 1936, dopo il fallimento di un tentativo di insurrezione, viene arrestata ed infine estradata in Germania malgrado fosse incinta. Verrà "giustiziata" nella camera a gas del lager di Bemburg nel 1942 in quanto ebrea comunista.
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Werner, Max.
THE GREAT OFFENSIVE. The Strategy of Coalition Warfare. Translated by Heinz and Ruth Norden.
pp. vi, 360. Bookplate of Esther and Harry Klein. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. Spine and edges spotted. Fourth printing. Coldwar/Economics 8
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Werth Nicolas
Etre Communiste En Urss Sous Staline
br. 282 pp
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Werth Nicolas
Nemici del popolo. Autopsia di un assassinio di massa. Urss, 1937-38
ril. Dietro la facciata dei processi-farsa che liquidarono gli oppositori politici di Stalin nel 1936-38, la "grande purga" sterminò, in sei mesi fra il 1937 e il 1938, qualcosa come 1500 persone al giorno: persone comuni accusate ed eliminate senza colpa alcuna. Tutto muove da una direttiva generale di Stalin che mira a ripulire l'Urss dai "nemici del popolo" e fissa, regione per regione, le quote di arresti, di condanne, di esecuzioni da effettuare. La spietatezza staliniana si sposa alle logiche disumane della burocrazia, allo spirito di emulazione delle amministrazioni, agli eccessi di zelo dei gregari, producendo un gigantesco assassinio di massa. Il saggio di Werth si addentra nei corridoi e nei sotterranei dell'amministrazione sovietica, segue l'andirivieni delle direttive e delle relazioni fra il centro e le periferie, per raccontare la messa in opera dell'impressionante macchina politico-burocratica del Terrore che stritolò nei suoi ingranaggi non meno di 750 mila persone.
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Werth, Alexander
Cronache degli anni di Kruscev
Bross. edit. in-8, copert. ill.ta in nero, pp. 366-(2). Un bilancio complessivo dei nuovi aspetti della vita e della politica sovietica. Ottimo.
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West German Government Lemmer Ernst
German Refugees and Conditions in the Soviet Zone of Germany: A Government Declaration Delivered by Federal Minister for All-German Affairs Ernst Lemmer at the Opening Session of the German Bundestag in Berlin on October 1 1958
Washington D.C.: Press Office-German Embassy 1958. No Edition Stated. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm 19 1 pages in stapled wrappers. With a compliments card laid in. <br /><br />Transcript of a speech by Ernst Lemmer a German government minister about the worsening refugee crisis. He notes that millions have fled the German Democratic Republic -- which he calls the Soviet Zone -- since 1949. <br /><br />He blames increasing "Sovietization" of the GDR and denies GDR assertions that West Germany is enticing people to leave. An interesting insight into West Germany's growing alarm about the tide of refugees from the GDR. The Communist regime of course would build the Wall less than three years later. SCARCE.<br /><br />OCLC shows about a dozen institutional holdings. Scarce in commerce. <br /><br />An interesting insight into West Germany's growing alarm about the tide of refugees from the GDR. The Communist regime of course would build the Wall less than three years later. SCARCE.<br /><br />CONDITION: Toning to edges a few light creases internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Press Office-German Embassy books
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West, Rebecca.
THE MEANING OF TREASON.
307p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, spine faded. Coldwar/Economics 4
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Westerman Frank
Ingegneri di anime
br. Il 26 ottobre 1932 Stalin si presenta a una riunione di scrittori a casa di Maksim Gor'kij. «I nostri carri armati non valgono niente», dice, «se le anime che devono guidarli sono di argilla». Spetta agli scrittori, «ingegneri di anime», forgiare l'uomo nuovo sovietico. Nasce così l'estetica proletaria della costruzione e della produzione, utile per celebrare quelle colossali opere idraulico-ingegneristiche dei primi piani quinquennali che, grazie al lavoro forzato dei Gulag, stanno domando la «nemica» natura del territorio sovietico: deviazioni di alvei fluviali, migliaia di chilometri di canali, impianti di desalinizzazione dell'acqua di mare. Dalla lettura di un libro di Konstantin Paustovskij del 1932 sulla «eliminazione dei deserti» prende le mosse il viaggio narrato in "Ingegneri di anime", che porta Frank Westerman, giornalista d'inchiesta con studi di ingegneria agraria alle spalle, dalle rovine industriali del golfo di Kara-Bogaz fino al canale Belomor, il progetto che il collettivo di scrittori guidato da Gor'kij fu chiamato a cantare come «storiografia istantanea del socialismo». Un viaggio concreto, quello di Westerman, che si intreccia con l'esplorazione della vita e delle opere di chi, tra dubbi, debolezze e scetticismo, dedicò penna e capacità espressive al rafforzamento dell'URSS postrivoluzionaria. Concentrandosi non sui grandi dissidenti ma sui «più o meno accomodanti», come lo stesso Paustovskij, o il tormentato Platonov, o il grande Pil'njak morto in un Gulag dopo alterne vicende, Westerman ricostruisce con accenti personali il rapporto tra potere e artisti, e il loro sofferto sforzo di trovare uno spazio possibile tra diktat e ispirazione.
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Wetter, Gustav A.
Storia Della Teoria Marxista. Parte I
Mm 170x240 Brossura editoriale di 156 pagine. Esemplare in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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Wheen Francis.
MARX - VITA PUBBLICA E PRIVATA.
(Codice SO/2377) In 8º (21 cm) 374 pp. Biografia, con ampio indice dei nomi. Cartone editoriale, sovraccoperta. Come nuovo. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
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