The new class: an analysis of the Communist system

Djilas, Milovan

Published by London: Thames and Hudson, 1958

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Djilas, Milovan. The new class: an analysis of the Communist system. Fifth impression. London: Thames and Hudson, 1958. Hardback, VG, no dustjacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and Thames and Hudsom logo to front. Boards slightly marked but generally VG; binding strong and tight. vii, 2214pp., edge of text block slightly tanned, contents clean and bright. Milovan Djilas (12 June 1911 30 April 1995) was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well as in the post-war government. A self-identified democratic socialist, Djilas became one of the best-known and most prominent dissidents in Yugoslavia and all of Eastern Europe. During an era of several decades, he critiqued communism from the viewpoint of trying to improve it from within; after the revolutions of 1989 and the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, he critiqued it from an anti-communist viewpoint of someone whose youthful dreams had been disillusioned. In 1957, Djilas published abroad The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System, which he had already sent to the American publisher Praeger before he was jailed. In the book he argued that communism in Soviet Union and Eastern Europe was not egalitarian, and that it was establishing a new class of privileged party bureaucracy, who enjoyed material benefits from their positions. The book was a great success and was translated into more than 40 languages. For The New Class, Djilas was sentenced in 1957 to another seven years imprisonment, or ten in all, taking into account his previous term. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The new class: an analysis of the Communist system
• Publisher: London: Thames and Hudson
• Publication Date: 1958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket