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Institute of Economic Affairs, London, 2019,
374 pgs., References, figures
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Reviewer Comments: The book is also available
in PDF format at the link here. As the chapter titles indicate, this is an
historical study of the several countries in which socialism was adopted in
practice, not merely discussed as a theory. The book is very popular, being
listed in numerous Internet places including Amazon.
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Summary
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Chapter 1: The Enduring appeal of socialism
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Chapter 2 - The Soviet Union under Stalin: 'A
whole nation marched behind a vision'
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Chapter 3 China under Mao Tse-Tung: 'A
revolutinary regime must get rid of a certain number of individuals that
threaten it'
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Chapter 4 -Cuba under Fidel Castro: 'The
beginning of building the new man'
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Chapter 5 - North Korea under Kim Il Sung: 'A
messiah rather than a dictator'
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Chapter 6 - Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge:
'the kingdom of justice'
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Chapter 7 - Albania under Enver Hoxha: 'The
working class is in power'
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Chapter 8 - East Germany under the SED: 'The
organized might of the working class'
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Chapter 9 - Venezuela under Hugo Chavez: 'A
different, and a better way of doing things. It's called socialism'
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Chapter 10 - Why socialist ideas persist
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Chapter 11 - Epilogue: An alternative
history; real socialism is being tried
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