by W. Cleon Skousen
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Beware of Danish customs., 2008-10-15
I purchased a book for 34 $ plus mailing 5 $ but had to pay 40 $ in custom dues to the post office. My book was classified computer parts by the customs office.
So no more purchase from the US until Amazon learn to deal with this problem.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 The Naked Communist strongly suggested, 2008-04-28
I wish I had known about this book when I was in grade school. The information in this well-researched and documented book has really changed the way I view modern history and the spread of Communism. This really should be part of the reading list of all modern history classes in freedom loving countries. Do not be slow-boiled into the Communist plans for our nation, understand the far reaching goals of Communist leaders and the duty to resist them.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Naked Communist, 2007-12-10
Excellent read, has many historical perspectives and facts you seldom see in history written by liberals.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
Communism, is it really dead?, 2007-02-03
This book was an eye-opener to the reality of communism and how it still is prevalent in political thought today. Even though this book was written 50 years ago, it parallels political thought and ideology of our political parties of today. This book is a great beginner to learning about the Russian Revolution and how communism thought evolved to become one of the greatest threats the Earth has ever faced. I recommend this book and "An Enemy Hath Done This" by Ezra Taft Benson, former Sec of Agriculture under Eisenhower. Communism isn't dead; it just goes by a different name.
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Don't mistake communism as harmless; READ THIS BOOK!, 2004-12-02
I got this book as a gift from my brother, stemming from a conversation in which I said, `communism isn't really such a horrible thing, it's just not a practical form of government because greed and corruption will never allow people to share things equally'. I was given this book to correct that misunderstanding. And this book did that brilliantly.
Skousen begins with a description of the Marxist mindset, delving even into the lives and times of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Marx's colleague and probably his only friend. Such insight lays the groundwork for understanding Communism and its reasons for being, which at best are selfish and demeaning. Using proto-communists' own words, whether from the Communist Manifesto or from correspondence among Marx and others, Skousen shows that the very philosophical foundations of Marxism and Communism are flawed and misleading. For myself, I began to understand that Marx's bitterness about his own station in life and his seeming inability to function in a competitive, capitalist world led him to a philosophy that claimed it could undo all the so-called iniquities of that capitalist world. Thus the myth of Communism as a great equalizer was born.
Many people, myself once included, tend to think that that is all there is to Communism: everyone is equal and all possessions are shared equally. Others claim that the Bible provides support for this way of life and that the communal life described therein is an early example of Communism. Still others might claim that our founding fathers would have approved of Communism because of its purported equality. Skousen aptly debunks these and other misconceptions surrounding Communism and Marxist theory. He then moves on to describe, again using their own words, how Communism calls for violent, subversive acts in order to bring about revolution so that the common workers may seize power.
Following this harrowing exposure of Communism is a blistering tour of late 19th and early 20th century history, detailing in particular the genesis and early activities of the Communist party in Europe and ultimately Russia. Let's just say that, having investigated some of the historical dates myself, I am surprised at how often the history of the Bolshevik revolution is sanitized and portrayed as some sort of liberation of the masses from the Tsars. I'm further surprised to learn that a democratic and limited monarchy was in the works to replace the oppression of the Tsars in the wake of Bloody Sunday when the Bolsheviks hijacked the revolution and drove the country toward Communism instead. How? All I can say is read the book. You might find some disturbing parallels to current events.
Skousen then proceeds through the Depression and WWII years (a major eye-opener for me, and I'm a serious WWII history buff) and follows with a perspective of the early Cold War years that I found informative. All in all, this book is fundamental in understanding the true nature of Communism, its distinction from the more benign forms of socialism, and the hypocritical way many people distinguish the despicable acts of Communists from those equally pernicious acts perpetrated by the Nazis. By the time you finish this book, you will either dismiss it all blithely or you will come to understand that Lenin and Stalin were as evil in many respects as Hitler and his cabal were. But if you think that Communism is just another form of government, or just another political party, or even just a harmless, altruistic philosophy, then you NEED to read this book. I did and I have never looked at history, or current events the same way since.
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