Courtesy: John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. Kennedy had outlined his plan for stopping the spread of communism in his inauguration speech two years before. America would, he said, "pay any ...

The story of communism is one of the greatest tragedies in modern history. The movement grew, above all, out of horror at the ...

This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars working to address the puzzling durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, which are the longest-lasting type of ...