Analyses of bureaucratic power and privilege have an academic pedigree but have also long preoccupied socialists. The collapse of communist rule in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe puts to a new te
`One of the most creative and independent-minded revolutionary Marxists of the post-war world.' Guardian`Mandel's capacity to synthesize complex global events is marvellous, resulting in a slim, reada
The very scale of the 1939–45 war has often tempted historians to study particularcampaigns at the expense of the wider panorama. In this readable and richly detailedhistory of the conflict, th
