David Priestland has studied Communism in all its forms for many years, in both Oxford and Moscow State Universities. He is University Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford and a Fellow of St. Edmund Hall, and the author of Stalinism and the Politics of Mobilization. The Red Flag was shortlisted for the Longman/History Today prize.
Hugely ambitious and boldly achieved, The Red Flag explores the
roots, perversions, and manifold intellectual and geographic
developments of the most dynamic and disruptive political movement
of modern times, and David Priestland's compelling narrative
explains how even in discredit and defeat it achieved a paradoxical
success by forcing critical reforms in the ranks of its capitalist
foes.
*Martin Walker, author of 'The Cold War: A History'*
A mesmerizing survey of the ideological and political history of
communism. Priestland successfully crafts a global account of
communism's development and mutation across nations and
generations, deftly combining academic rigour, personal histories
and an engaging narrative.
*Tristram Hunt*
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