{"product_id":"2026200012797-secondhand-a-life-in-two-centuries","title":"A Life In Two Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Remainder mark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew lives have intersected with the great upheavals of the twentieth century as dramatically as that of Bertram D. Wolfe — radical activist, Communist Party leader, historian, and ultimately one of the most penetrating critics of the Soviet system. A Life in Two Centuries is a sweeping autobiography that chronicles Wolfe's extraordinary journey from his early years as a committed revolutionary, through his deep involvement with the Communist International, to his eventual and hard-won disillusionment with totalitarianism. With an introduction by Leonard Shapiro, this memoir presents a firsthand account of encounters with titans of revolution — Lenin, Trotsky, Diego Rivera — and the ideological battles that shaped the modern world.\n\nWritten with the authority of a man who lived history rather than merely observed it, Wolfe's prose is sharp, reflective, and unflinching in its intellectual honesty. The autobiography stands as a vital document of political self-reckoning, illustrating how one man's passage through the grand utopian dreams — and brutal realities — of the left can illuminate an entire era. Wolfe, the acclaimed author of Three Who Made a Revolution, brings the same meticulous scholarship and narrative power to his own story, leaving readers to ponder the enduring question: what does a century of radical idealism ultimately cost the men and women who lived it?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49131002331355,"sku":"2026200012797-SECONDHAND","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f158ed48-b5dc-4fa3-99f2-6694996040d9.png?v=1786594313","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012797-secondhand-a-life-in-two-centuries","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}