{"product_id":"2026100011100-secondhand-the-anatomy-of-communist-takeovers","title":"The Anatomy Of Communist Takeovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; pages can have notes and\/or underlining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew questions haunted the twentieth century more urgently than this: how does a communist regime seize and consolidate power? The Anatomy of Communist Takeovers, edited by Thomas T. Hammond with associate editor Robert Farrell and a foreword by Cyril E. Black, presents a landmark scholarly anthology that systematically dissects the mechanisms, strategies, and historical circumstances through which communist parties came to dominate nations across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Drawing together contributions from an international roster of leading political scientists and historians, the volume chronicles each case study with rigorous analytical precision, illuminating the interplay of internal subversion, Soviet backing, electoral manipulation, and armed insurrection that defined the communist ascent to power in the post-World War II era.\n\nPublished by Yale University Press in 1975, this essential work of Cold War scholarship argues that no single template governed every takeover — rather, each seizure of power was shaped by unique national conditions, yet bound together by recognisable patterns of ideological discipline and political ruthlessness. Hammond's authoritative editorial hand unifies a diverse array of perspectives into a coherent, comparative framework that remains indispensable for understanding the mechanics of totalitarian expansion. Written at the height of Cold War tensions, the collection carries an urgency that transcends its era, leaving the reader to wonder which of its hard-won lessons remain unlearned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572921438427,"sku":"2026100011100-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ee125816-36c6-47b0-9df3-6b9da62d034a.png?v=1791167579","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011100-secondhand-the-anatomy-of-communist-takeovers","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}