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World C9ommunism: A SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PREPARED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENTOFPUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND AT THE INSTANCE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM PENNSYLVANIA, THE HONORABLE EDWARD MARTIN AND THE HONORABLE JOSEPH S. CLARK, JR. BY THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Commonwealth of Pennsylvania HARRISBURG 0 1958 --------------C9ontents --------------""' I. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNISM 2 II. WORLD COMMUNISM 4 III. COMMUNISM IN THE U.S.S.R. AND EASTERN 5 EUROPE IV. COMMUNISM IN THE UNITED STATES 10 V. COMMUNISM IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND AREAS 12 OF THE WORLD VI. OTHER GENERAL REFERENCES 15 APPENDIX: A SELECTION OF COMMUNIST SOURCES 18 -----------------------------------------· ABOUT THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY Because of the ever-increasing demand for resource gress; and to Dr. Griffith's staff members, Iwish to materials on the subject of communism, the Depart express my sincere appreciation for their excellent ment of Public Instruction last year requested aid in cooperation and fine work. compiling an annotated bibliography from the Honora ble Edward Martin and the Honorable JosephS. Clark, I am sure that the publications listed herein will United States Senators from Pennsylvania. provide valuable resource materials for all schools and teachers. To the Senators; to Dr. Ernest S. Griffith, Director of the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Con- April, 1958 ~~&I.~ Superintendent of Public Instruction ----~-----~------------------------------~ IMPORTANT: The materials contained in this bro and credit is given to both the Library of Congress chure have been published by the Department of and the Department. Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the written consent of the Library of Congress, In publishing this bibliography, the Department of Washington 25, D.C., which prepared this annotated Public Instruction has made no attempt to edit or bibliography. Permission is granted to reproduce any revise these resource materials other than designing of these resource materials in whole or part provided the format and presenting the listings in numerical that such reproductions are distributed free of charge sequence. - -------------------~------------------- - - WORLD COMMUNISM: A Selected Annotated Bibliography The scope of this bibliography is global; it is sional Committees and other non- communist sources intended to cover every major aspect of the Com for the information of the American people on Com munist problem and is designed to give the reader munist strategy, tactics, and policies. They are the an insight into communism, its strategy, tactics, raw material of communism and of history. An ex and actions. amination of such sources can be helpful in providing a clearer understanding of Communist motivations Most of the works cited in the bibliography were and actions and in gaining an insight into the workings written by outstanding scholars on the subject of of both the Communist system and the Communist Soviet Russia and world communism. Accounts by mind. For example, the general lines of current discerning American observers of the Soviet scene Soviet foreign and domestic policy could be more such as those of General Walter Bedell Smith, clearly understood by an examination of the proceed former Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. and Vice-Admir ings of the recent 20th Party Congress of the Commu al Leslie C. Stevens, former Naval Attache in nist Party of the Soviet Union. However, while orig Moscow, have been included. Fictional writings on inal Communist sources can serve a usefulpurpose, communism specifically and totalitarianism in gen they are still only raw materials, and whereuneval eral, and personal recollections by refugees from uated a:nd uninterpreted bynon-Communistscholars, communism--people such as Oksana S. Kasenkina should be used with discretion. who actually lived under Soviet communism-as well as those of former Communists, as, for example, All sources included in this bibliography are be Louis Budenz and Benjamin Gitlow, have also been lieved to be suitable for teachers and advanced stu included. dents. An asterisk (*) indicates sources probably also useful for students at the secondary level, par A selection has been made from the wealth of ticularly for those in their final year. Congressional publications on the subject of Com munism. However, for a more complete coverage the It should be borne in mind that, in addition to the monthly catalogue of Government publications might books, documents, articles and serials listed, there be consulted for reports and hearings especially by is rich material available for secondary schools in the Un- American Activities Committee of the House the form of pamphlets, film strips, and other visual of Representatives and the Internal Security Sub aids. The Library of Congress, for the most part, committee of the Senate judiciary Committee. does not collect or catalog these; consequently, they have been omitted rather than to note what at best For additional general references consult the would have been only a random selection. bibliographies listed in many of the works cited herein. Certain communist source material has been in THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS cluded in the Appendix on page 18. These are items Legislative Reference Service that have been made available in English by Congres- Washington 25, D.C. 1. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNISM 1. Almond, Gabriel A.. The appeals of communism. 222 p. HX56.E85. Contents: The Objectives, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, Theory, and Organization of International Com 1954. 415 p. HX40.A57. "This is a study of why munist Propaganda; Notes on the Volume and people join the communist movement and why they Expenditures of Communist Propaganda; Themes leave it." The work consists of the following of Communist International Propaganda in 1954; parts: "The Structure of Communist Communica Communist Use of International Media in 1954; tion;" "How the Movement is Perceived and Major Activities of International Communist Experienced;" "Social and Psychological Char Fronts in 1954; Communist Propaganda Activi acteristics;" "The Process of Defection;" and ties in Western Europe; Communis t Propa Conclusions." ganda Activities in the Near East, South Asia and Africa; Communist Propaganda Activities in 2. American Bar Association. SIJecial Committee on the Far East; Communist Propaganda in Latin Communist Tactics, Strategy and Objectives. Re America, 1954. ports and recommendations ... Brief on commu nism: Marxism-Leninism. St. Paul, Minn., West 8. *Fisher, Harold H. The Communist r evolution: Publishing Co., 1951. 60 p. an outline of strategy and tactics. Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1955. 89p. 3. *Anti-Defamation LeagueofB'naiB'rith. Primer (Hoover Institute Studies. Series A: General on communism. New York, 1956. 87p. HX626.A7. Studies, No. 2) HX56.F5. A brief historical out Contents: The Communist Program; the Commu line of the Communist movement. The final nist Movement; Communist Strategy; the Zigzags chapter entitled "Questions and Speculations" in Communist Strategy; The Soviet Empire; The examines tli.e following questions: How to tell a Totalitarian Nature of the Soviet World; Economy Communist from a non-Communist; What suc and Labor in the Soviet World. cesses have the Communists had? What causes the Communists to threaten the peace of the 4. Budenz, Louis F. The techniques of communism. world? Is war with the Communists inevitable? Chicago, Henry Regnery, 1954. 342 p. HX40.B82 What is to be done? Included also are a "Chrono Contents: The Communist Philosophy; The Com logy" and a bibliography in English relating to the munist Apparatus; Communist Phraseology; Communist movement. Communist Objectives: a Summary; Strategy and Tactics; Training the Communists; The Role of 9. Fisher, Marguerite J. Communist doctrine and the Communist Press; Affecting Public Opinion; the free world: the ideology of communism Work in Labor and Industry; Invading Education; according to Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin. Use and Abuse of Minority Groups; lnfiltrationof Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press, Government Agencies; Knowledge and Facts as 1952. 284 p. HX86.F53. Contents: The Importance Weapons. of Theory to the Communists; Economic Deter minism; The Class Struggle; The Theory of 5. Chamberlin, William Henry. Ten fallacies about Surplus Value; The Inevitable Collapse of Capi communism. The Russian review, v.12, July talism; Imperialism; War Between Capitalism 1953: 139-152. A critical analysis of ten fallacies and Communism; Revolution or Evolution; Tac of communism "that find a more or less wide tics of Revolution; The Communist Attitude spread hearing and cloud and obscure American Toward Capitalist Democracy; The Dictatorship thinking on an issue that may conceivably involve of the Proletariat; The End of the Dictatorship- national survival." The Withering Away of the State; The Communist Party as the Vanguard ·of the Proletariat; 6. *Cronyn, George W. A primer on communism: Equality; Religion and Morals; The Soviet Union 200 questions and answers. New York, E.P. as a Base for World Revolution; A Critique of Dutton, 1957. 190 p. HX56.C7. "This IJrimer on Communist Theory. Communism contains more than 200 questions and answers on international communism. They 10. Gurian, Waldemar. Bolshevism: an introduction were selected as typical questions most fre to