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The worst idea in history is back!
Communism has wrecked national economies, enslaved whole peoples, and killed more than a hundred million men and women. What’s not to like?
Too many young Americans are supporting communism. Millennials prefer socialism to capitalism, and 25 percent have a positive view of Lenin. One in four Americans believe that George W. Bush killed more people than Joseph Stalin. And 69 percent of Millennials would vote for a socialist for president.
They ought to know better. Communism is the most dangerous idea in world history, producing dire poverty, repression, and carnage wherever it has been tried. And no wonder—because communism flatly denies morality, human nature, and basic facts. But it’s always going to be different this time.
Renowned scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor unmasks communism, exposing its blood-drenched history and the strange sway it has long exercised over much of American media and education. He reveals: Stalin alone killed six times as many people as HitlerThe Khmer Rouge slaughtered more than a third of the population of CambodiaCommunists in Eastern Europe and worldwide tortured ChristiansCommunist Party USA (CPUSA) was directly controlled by the SovietsObama’s CIA director voted for the CPUSA candidate for president in 1980Unrepentant sixties-era communists are educating American teachers today The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism debunks the world’s worst ideology, sounds the alarm about its disturbing popular resurgence, and arms you with facts you need to refute its appeal.
© 2018 Blackstone Publishing (Luisterboek): 9781441750709
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Luisterboek: 1 januari 2018
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Non-fictie
The worst idea in history is back!
Communism has wrecked national economies, enslaved whole peoples, and killed more than a hundred million men and women. What’s not to like?
Too many young Americans are supporting communism. Millennials prefer socialism to capitalism, and 25 percent have a positive view of Lenin. One in four Americans believe that George W. Bush killed more people than Joseph Stalin. And 69 percent of Millennials would vote for a socialist for president.
They ought to know better. Communism is the most dangerous idea in world history, producing dire poverty, repression, and carnage wherever it has been tried. And no wonder—because communism flatly denies morality, human nature, and basic facts. But it’s always going to be different this time.
Renowned scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor unmasks communism, exposing its blood-drenched history and the strange sway it has long exercised over much of American media and education. He reveals: Stalin alone killed six times as many people as HitlerThe Khmer Rouge slaughtered more than a third of the population of CambodiaCommunists in Eastern Europe and worldwide tortured ChristiansCommunist Party USA (CPUSA) was directly controlled by the SovietsObama’s CIA director voted for the CPUSA candidate for president in 1980Unrepentant sixties-era communists are educating American teachers today The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism debunks the world’s worst ideology, sounds the alarm about its disturbing popular resurgence, and arms you with facts you need to refute its appeal.
© 2018 Blackstone Publishing (Luisterboek): 9781441750709
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Luisterboek: 1 januari 2018
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Carlijn
4 apr 2024
This is an extremely right-wing, conservative, christian and american-focused book, which is not fitting for a history book, which should aim to give (as much as possible) unbiased descriptions of events. Examples of this are the fact that abortion is called murder, that Charles Darwin is called 'the ape-man' and that the things seen as 'good' are loyalty to America instead of aiming for a peaceful world. But there seem to be just enough facts in the first half of this book to give an overview of the history of communism and its dangers. However, the last half of the book equates current progressive ideas (such as legalizing same sex marriage - the book calls this 'the LGBTQ-agenda' - and climate awareness) to communist ideology, which is of course ridiculous. I would recommend choosing a different book when you are interested of the history (and the dangers) of communism.
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