Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. — 244 p. — (Series in Russian and East European studies (Book 14) — ISBN10: 0822911612; ISBN13: 978-0822911616
An examination of the part played by the left Communists following the Russian revolution, the largest opposition to state socialism until the 1990s. The author feels that the leftist's vision offered no viable model for the construction of a democratic socialist society.
The Rise and Fall of the Left Communist Movement
The Debate on Imperialism
Brest-Litovsk
The Agrarian Question
The Organisation of Industry
Politics and the State
The Strength of the Left Communist Movement: Moscow, the Urals and the Ukraine