+ N Y Times p21 D 12 ’20 380w
“The author’s method is unusual and some of the tales are remarkably good.”
+ Outlook 126:600 D 1 ’20 50w Springf’d Republican p7a N 28 ’20 130w
POSTGATE, R. W. Bolshevik theory. *$2 Dodd 335
The book is a sincere attempt to state what Bolshevism is and what it is not—to clear away “the atmosphere of a dog-fight which surrounds this subject.” (Introd.) The author claims for it that it is neither pro-bolshevik nor anti-bolshevik. “It is a mere exposition. It is true that a certain amount of intelligent sympathy is necessary for the understanding of a point of view. The marks of some such sympathy may be traced in this book. This is inevitable, for it is merely the reflection of the author’s belief that bolshevik theories are neither inhuman ... nor logically ridiculous.... If these assumptions are not correct, then Bolshevism is not worth considering.” (Introd.) The contents are: What is Bolshevism? Controversies; The dictatorship of the proletariat; On dictatorship; The two roads; The pedigree of Bolshevism; Extracts and comments; Syndicalism, Blanquism and Bolshevism; Karl Kautsky; Industrial pacifism; The soviet; The future of the soviet. There are appendices and a bibliographical note.
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Reviewed by Jacob Zeitlin
Nation 112:20 Ja 5 ’21 210w
“R. W. Postgate has set forth in a clear and concise manner the facts about Bolshevism.”