Essential Works of Lenin: "What Is to Be Done?" and Other Writings13 reviews Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Dover Publications, 1987 Lenin at his best + Dense, but a Good Introduction + Best Collection of Lenin's Writings & Thoughts,Both Logical and Illogical + You can't always get what you want!             The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil57 reviews Philip Zimbardo Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008 An important book of our time. + Autonomy, compassion and listening to counter powerful situational dynamics + Stunning exploration into the power of conformity and the darker side of human nature + Despite Years of Research, we still look for bad people             The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others ...7 reviews Bob Blaisdell, Marx, ... Dover Publications, 2003 Absurd? I don't think so... + Fantastic and good for someone on the go + Very Insightful The reviewer "Scott" argues that the Communist Manifesto is "degrading", and I'd like to know exactly "for whom/what"? Sounds like Scott is either a boss who'd like to see the revival of the "Golden Age of Capitalism" (the Industrial Revolution, which included sub-living wages, child labor, forced ...             To the Finland Station (New York Review Books Classics)13 reviews Edmund Wilson NYRB Classics, 2003 Become a fly on the wall + Takes time to read it, but pays off tremendously + At once an excellent and dismal overview of socialism + You mean the 1917 October Revolution??             Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State9 reviews Gotz Aly Holt Paperbacks, 2008 Hitler's Satisfied Thieves: Actually, the Case for Nazi German Larceny-and-Genocide Policies can be Made Stronger + The Political Economy of Hitler (and Stalin) + Hitler's Beneficiaries + A Different Perspective on Nazi Germany + Interesting premise             Rukhnama: Reflections on the Spiritual Values of the Turkmen3 reviews State Publishing Service Turkmenistan, 2005 O, wise Turkmenbashi! + Fruitful reading - but clearly not for everyone This book, if I can label such a spiritually uplifting object with such a prosaic word, is the assimilated thought of the wise, yet humble, Turkmenbashi, reflecting on the values of the Turkmen people, whom he leads and nurtures towards the promised land of enlightenment. I have rarely come ...             The Essential Hitler: Speeches and Commentary1 review Max Domarus Bolchazy-Carducci, 2007 A useful book on Hitler For those who do not study in this field, Max Domarus is the author of the definitive collection of Hitler's speeches in both English and German. This book is called Hitler: Speeches and Proclamations, 1932-1945--The Chronicle of a Dictatorship (4 Volume Set) My review is on its page. I ...             The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 Abridged: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (P.S.)1 review Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007 Well worth reading This book is a learning experience. It is somewhat difficult reading, but it contains so many valuable lessons about life. The book made me think of Buddhism, although it was never mentioned. It is filled with descriptions of the torture the inhabitants of the gulags went through; on looking ...             Mein Kampf147 reviews Adolf Hitler Mariner Books, 1998 One of histories most horrifying, but important books + MEIN KAMPF + National Collectivist + Learn or repeat..........             Ten days that Shook the World (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)24 reviews John Reed Penguin Classics, 1990 How to get the most out of this great book + One of a kind + THE HEROIC AGE OF THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION + Eye Witness Account - Recommended by Lenin             The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)96 reviews Eric Hoffer Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002 I'm a believer + Small Book with a Huge Amount of Content + The True Believer + Insightful consideration of mass-movements. + Understanding followings1             Hitler Speaks: A Series Of Political Conversations With Adolf Hitler On His Real Aims1 review Hermann Rauschning Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006 Hitler's Overt Genocidal Plans against Jews and Slavs: Early Manifestations This book is also published in the English language under the title: THE VOICE OF DESTRUCTION. Covering events mostly from the early to the middle 1930's, this book fills an important gap in the development of Hitler's thinking. It comes after MEIN KAMPF (1923-1925) and the then-unpublished ...             On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood (P.S.)15 reviews Irmgard A. Hunt Harper Perennial, 2006 Great Story + Hitler Youth -Truth + a child's perspective + Answers a lot of questions + Child's view of Nazi Germany             Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf16 reviews Adolf Hitler Enigma Books, 2006 For evil to succeed ,the good need only to do nothing. + I was WRONG + Hitler's Second Book First of all,I also was surprised to see this book,wondered if it was legit,and like other reviewers hadn't come across it before. There are several excellent reviews already posted and I only regret that I had not read them all carefully before I read the book.I had many of the same thoughts ,and ...             Terrorism: From Robespierre to the Weather Underground (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) Albert Parry Dover Publications, 2006 This enduring landmark offers precise descriptions of terrorist organizations and events, and analyzes the changing nature and evolution of unconventional political warfare. From the genesis of the Great Terror to the mass terrorism of Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, to the Symbionese Liberation Army, this study remains unsurpassed. 30 black-and-white illustrations.             Hitler's Table Talk 1941-19443 reviews Hugh Roper Enigma Books, 2002 Hitler More Outspokenly Anti-Christian than Anti-Semitic + Fascinating. Perhaps surprisingly, Hitler's diatribes against Christianity are more common in this volume than those against Jews. In fact, his scurrilous attacks are reminiscent of those of prominent infidels such as Voltaire and Paine. "What is this God who takes pleasure only in seeing men grovel before ...             The State and Revolution (Twentieth Century Classics)10 reviews Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Penguin Classics, 1993 Revolutionary Classic + Brilliant Marxist theory + Correcting an oversight .... + A Great Place to Start             Child of Hitler: Germany in the Days When God Wore a Swastika10 reviews Alfons Heck Renaissance House Publishers (AZ), 1985 A must read to understand how entire nations can go wrong + A bottoms up look at Hitlers followers + A Fantastic Personal Account of Life During War + Just the Facts + Excellent book             Stalinism: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History) Wiley-Blackwell, 2002 This book comprises 11 essays on Stalinism by both eminent historians and younger scholars who have conducted research in the newly opened Russian archives. They discuss both the origins and consequences of Stalinism, and illustrate recent scholarly trends in the field of Soviet history. A collection of essays on Stalinism by both eminent and younger scholars. Discusses both the origins and ...             My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography (Dover Value Editions)1 review Leon Trotsky Dover Publications, 2007 The Making of a Revolutionary Today we expect political memoir writers to take part in a game of show and tell about the most intimate details of their private personal lives on their road to celebrity. Refreshingly, you will find no such tantalizing details in Russian Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky's memoir written in 1930 just ...