Whenever the history of twentieth-century communism is discussed, it will not be long before you find a particular figure ...

The only thing quirky about this book is the title. Mad About Cuba is a compact report from the field. The tagline informs ...

In April 1939, ex-communist underground courier Whittaker Chambers was hired by Time magazine to review books for Henry Luce’s flagship publication. Chambers began his journey into communism in ...

As I reread it, I found the book was set in “young communist China,” only four years after Mao Zedong (1893-1976) declared the foundation of the People’s Republic of China. The Communist ...