Product Description

This title is the classic communist party manifesto which started this one and a half decade political movement. The seven rarely published prefaces, mostly written by Frederick Engels after the death of Karl Marx, are included making this publication the complete communist manifesto. Although this title is known as one of the most famous left-wing propagandist publications, it serves as a lesson for those of all political philosophies. The Communist Manifesto should be required reading when studying political science, radicalism and radical political thought.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5443 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-07
• Released on: 2007-11-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 86 pages

Customer Reviews

My Review
I wanted to read this book for a couple of reasons. One is that I wanted to get a better understanding of communism and other economic and political theories that were influenced by it or related to it in someway. I also wanted to compare the modern United States and it's history to The Communist Manifesto. I think everyone in the U.S. should read it. It is not very long and is easy to read. I was very pleased with amazon.com the price was perfect and it got to me in a timely manner. ***(I am not a communist but I gave it four stars because it helped me to better understand my own government and I was happy with Amazon.com as usual.)***

The origins of communism
For any historian this book is a must. For me it was a very enjoyable read. I can say some things I disagreed with but others were noble intentions. I won't spend time mentioning my opinions on here but I recommend this book to everyone. You can see where the roots of communism originated and see what is followed from this book but also what is strayed from by the modern day communists. Very briefly what I will say is I think this book has some noble intentions but were not strictly followed by the communists of the late 1800's and early to mid 1900's. Read the book for yourself and decide though. Good/bad/indifferent this book is history, it influenced radical change. Good/bad/indifferent, history actually happened and shaped the scope of the present day. Too often people criticize what they know nothing or very little about. Communism at its core roots starts right here. Btw for any judge-mental morons out there, I'm not pro-communist, I did however enjoy reading this book, learned alot and pondered some perspectives. Utopia is in the mind of the beholder.

Enlightening
Short, conscise, easy to read, and thought provoking. This manifesto sums up the communist credo in just a few short pages. It gave me a better understanding of where the communist philosophy orginated--necessity.