The God That Failed
by Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Richard Wright, André Gide, Louis Fischer, Stephen Spender
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Author: André Gide, Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Louis Fischer, Richard Wright, Stephen SpenderEditor: Richard Howard Stafford Crossman
Foreword: David Engerman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-09-15
ISBN: 0231123957
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Book Review: Glad The 20th Century Is Over!
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who is a fan of George Orwell or P.J. O'Rourke should enjoy this collection of essays from intellectuals who made the journey to communism and back. Arthur Koestler's (sp?) essay captures perfectly the confusion of Weimar Germany before the rise of Hitler, and shows that the communists actually helped the Nazis to power. You will come away from the book wondering how some intelligent people believed - and still believe - that communism was the way of the future. If there is a book that will turn a diehard leftist into a subscriber to the "National Review", TGTF is that book.
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