Ironies of History: Essays of Contemporary Communism.

Deutscher’s title, Ironies of History, reflects his special understanding of history as providing a fulfillment of political ideas in unexpected ways. Thus Stalin, the archenemy in the cold war and the original target of the containment policy, himself practiced self-containment, according to Deutscher, so that the West’s cold-war strategy was really unnecessary.

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Ironies of History Essays on Contemporary Communism. Published 1971 by Ramparts Press. Subjects. Communism. There's no description for this book yet. Can you add one? The Physical Object Format Paperback ID Numbers Open Library OL8117053M Internet Archive.

Source: Isaac Deutscher, Ironies of History: Essays on Contemporary Communism (Oxford University Press, London, 1966). Originally published in New Left Review, First Series, no 23, January-February 1964.Scanned and prepared for the Marxist Internet Archive by Paul Flewers.

This paper focuses on assessing the impact of communism during the cold war to determine if it posed any threat to America. During the World War II, the alliance between the solvent union and the United States of America led to growth communism in America. However, its tolerance did survive long after victory over Hitler.

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To explain his point, Santayana embarks on a history of liberalism to reveal its several ironies. Santayana opens his essay by revisiting the ancients to inquire what it is that men ultimately seek: liberty, or prosperity? He argues that, for the ancients, liberty and prosperity are not compatible goals.

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