Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of the Communist Party

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By A. James McAdams

Published June 9, 2017

In Vanguard of the Revolution (Princeton University Press) former Princeton professor of politics A. James McAdams looks broadly at Communism — from the drafting of the Communist Manifesto in the 1840s to the fall of the Soviet Union. Along the way, he portrays various instrumental figures within the Communist movement from China to Cuba.

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