Stalin, Mao, Communism and their 21st-Century Aftermath in Russia and China written by Dr. Miguel A. Faria is a historical and literary masterpiece! It has a wealth of knowledge within its pages. It is a beautiful book with historical photos, charts, a detailed index as well as notes on each chapter. Dr. Faria shares his knowledge […]
In my frequent re-examinations of the epic volumes of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago, I came across some psychosocial observations noted by the illustrious Nobel Prize-winning author and political philosopher. In Volumes III and IV, I found something about the nature of common thieves in the former USSR, those supposedly “in freedom” (e.g., in the
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Part VI is a wrap-up, which examines current issues in modern Russia and China. In this section, we see how Communism still influences Russian and Chinese thinking and policy. China is still brutally communist, but not in the same way it was when Mao ruled. Since Mao it has undergone some progressive changes. We
Part V of Dr. Faria’s book discusses espionage by the KGB and CIA during the Cold War. Dr. Faria starts by listing four seminal books essential for students of Cold War espionage. He proceeds to summarize the most important spies with examples, such as Soviet espionage student Kaarlo Tuomi dialoguing with his instructor Aleksei
Part IV of Dr. Faria’s book examines the reign of Mao in China. This is the one section of the book that absolutely shocked me. I had no idea that Mao was in a special class of amoral viciousness all his own. Of course, I knew that he was a brutal communist dictator, but
Part III of Dr. Faria’s book is dedicated to Stalin’s influence in the post-war world (1945–1953). After World War II, the Soviet citizen did not have to worry about being tortured and killed by the Nazis. However, Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin’s position of a need to maintain a constant level of terror did
