Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union (2004)

Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Type	Book
Written by	Roger Keeran & Thomas Kenny
First published	2004

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Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union is a 2004 book by historians Roger Keeran and Thomas Kenny which investigates the factors which determined the overthrow of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Both authors are members of the Communist Party of the United States of America.

Members of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) invited the authors to attend to an international conference in Athens on December 2007 to discuss the contents of the book. The book has been translated to Bulgarian, Russian, Persian, Greek, Portuguese and French.^[1]

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↑ “Since 2004, Socialism Betrayed has been translated into several languages. [...] Irina Malenko and Blagovesta Doncheva, have been great friends and enthusiastic and tireless advocates of the book, and their efforts were primarily responsible for the book’s publication in Bulgarian and Russian. [...] The Persian edition of the book was due to Mohammad Mehryar and Feridon Darafshi, who took the book from the U.S. to Iran and introduced it to one of the heroes of the struggle for Iranian freedom, Mohammad Ali Amooii (sometimes spelled Amoui), who liked the book well enough to translate it himself. [...] In Greece, part of the book appeared in KOMEP, the journal of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) edited by Eleni Bellou. She and her colleagues Kyrillos Papastavrou, Vasilis Opsimou, Babis Angourakis and Nikos Seratakis arranged for the authors to attend in December 2007 an international conference in Athens on the causes of the Soviet demise. This conference acquainted others with the book, including Francisco Melo, editor of Vertices. He and his colleagues, including Maria Antunes, engineered the translation and publication of the book in Portugal, where under the title, O Socialismo Traido, the book has gone through two printings. Aytek Alpan initiated the publication of the book in Turkey. Henri Alleg and Emmanuel Tang played a similar role in France, and through their initiative the book will be published by Editions Delga headed by Aymeric Monville. In expressing our thanks, we would point out that the considerable effort on the part of all of these people arose not from material gain but entirely from their belief that the book had value and deserved a wide readership.”

Socialism betrayed: behind the collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Preface to the second edition' (2004). International Publishers. ISBN 9780717807376 [LG]

[1] “Since 2004, Socialism Betrayed has been translated into several languages. [...] Irina Malenko and Blagovesta Doncheva, have been great friends and enthusiastic and tireless advocates of the book, and their efforts were primarily responsible for the book’s publication in Bulgarian and Russian. [...] The Persian edition of the book was due to Mohammad Mehryar and Feridon Darafshi, who took the book from the U.S. to Iran and introduced it to one of the heroes of the struggle for Iranian freedom, Mohammad Ali Amooii (sometimes spelled Amoui), who liked the book well enough to translate it himself. [...] In Greece, part of the book appeared in KOMEP, the journal of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) edited by Eleni Bellou. She and her colleagues Kyrillos Papastavrou, Vasilis Opsimou, Babis Angourakis and Nikos Seratakis arranged for the authors to attend in December 2007 an international conference in Athens on the causes of the Soviet demise. This conference acquainted others with the book, including Francisco Melo, editor of Vertices. He and his colleagues, including Maria Antunes, engineered the translation and publication of the book in Portugal, where under the title, O Socialismo Traido, the book has gone through two printings. Aytek Alpan initiated the publication of the book in Turkey. Henri Alleg and Emmanuel Tang played a similar role in France, and through their initiative the book will be published by Editions Delga headed by Aymeric Monville. In expressing our thanks, we would point out that the considerable effort on the part of all of these people arose not from material gain but entirely from their belief that the book had value and deserved a wide readership.”

Socialism betrayed: behind the collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Preface to the second edition' (2004). International Publishers. ISBN 9780717807376 [LG]

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