 | The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx
Buy new: £3.96 / Used from: £2.21 Obviously, it is impossible to fully understand the fundimental concepts of Marxism without its most definitive text.
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 | Capital: Critique of Political Economy v. 1 (Classics S.) by Karl Marx
Buy new: £10.25 / Used from: £6.49 This text is the example, if you will, of the concepts discussed in the manifesto; a sociopolitical masterpiece.
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 | The Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx
Buy new: £10.59 / Used from: £8.75 Marx's thought process and exploration of Hegel can be discovered in this immense volume.
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 | Essential Works by V.I. Lenin
Buy new: £6.43 / Used from: £4.89 As the practitioner of the evolution of Marxism (i.e. Leninism), this book displays some of Lenin's pivotal early works.
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 | The State and Revolution (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Vladimir Lenin
Buy new: £6.35 / Used from: £3.88 This text is essential because of the commentary included pertaining to Lenin's motivation and the political climate.
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 | The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where is it Going? by L. Trotskii
Buy new: £14.25 / Used from: £3.49 Trotsky's text outlines the problems with the Stalinist system from a Marxist standpoint.
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 | Marxism and the National and Colonial Question by Joseph Stalin
Buy new: £27.50 / Used from: £26.18 A useful book when analysing the Soviet shift from world revolutionary Marxism-Leninism to socialism in one country under Stalin.
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 | On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Tse-Tung
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £9.28 China under Mao was the first major Communist state to arise out of a revolutionary war, and this work became a textbook for others to follow.
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 | Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung by Mao Tse-Tung
Buy new: £19.95 / Used from: £7.43 Essential in understanding the politics and philosophy of Chinese communism, or Maoism, and how it differs from Marxism, Leninism, and Stalinism.
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 | War, Racism and Economic Injustice: The Global Ravages of Capitalism by Fidel Castro
Buy used from: £3.87 Castro's Cuban Revolution was the first major socialist activity in the Third World, and his outcry against imperialism was a deciding factor in the Cold War.
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 | On Imperialist Globalization by Fidel Castro
Buy new: £12.74 / Used from: £2.40 This text explores the damages of globalisation on developing countries around the world from a socialist standpoint.
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 | Guerrilla Warfare by Ernesto Guevara
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.18 Che was a soldier, strategist, and military theorist, and his textbook on guerrilla warfare is essential to both the political and armed struggle.
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 | Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War, 1956-58 by Ernesto Guevara
Buy new: £20.90 / Used from: £4.00 Outlining the entire war, Che's text explores all aspect of the communist struggle for revolution.
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 | The Great Debate on Political Economy by Che Guevara
as well as a soldier and commander, Che was an ambassidor, minister, and economist. This text looks at his economic theories.
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 | Global Justice: Liberation and Socialism by Ernesto Guevara
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.40 A collection of Che's essays and speeches, and testement to why Che was considered "the true socialist man."
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 | Selected Writings 1920-1969 by Chi Minh Ho
Buy new: £25.00 / Used from: £23.94 Writings by Ho Chi Minh which outline the importence of nationalism in the revolutionary struggle.
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 | People's War People's Army: The Viet Cong Insurrection Manual for Underdeveloped Countries by Vo Nguyen Giap
Buy new: £22.50 / Used from: £20.02 General Giap's insurrection manual which, like Mao and Che, stresses violent uprising along with ideological support.
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