Long Ago and Far Away

Long Ago and Far Away

My book, American Communism and Soviet Russia, was first published a quarter of a century ago. Its republication has made me think back to the circumstances that helped to bring it about. As I have reread it after all these years, I have felt that I would not do it differently if I had to do it over again. No significantly new material has been found; no attempt has been made by anyone else to go over the same ground.

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