Stalin-Wells Talk.: The Verbatim Record And A Discussion By G. Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, J. M. Keynes, Ernst Toller And Others

Wells, H. G., Joseph Stalin, G. Bernard Shaw, J. M. Keynes, Ernst Toller (illus. Low)

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“The discussions [Wells] had with Stalin were recorded by a secretary and Wells later published an edited version as Stalin-Wells Talk: The Verbatim Record. It became clear to Wells that Stalin’s vision of the machinery required to power a socialist system was not the same as his, and that Stalin’s view of the bourgeoisie was less than condescending. What Wells didn’t know, of course, was that Stalin was in the process of planning the wholesale liquidation of those he considered undesirable in his reformation of government” (Feir, H. G. Wells at the End of His Tether, p. 38). Wells’s deferential conversation was criticized by Keynes, Bernard Shaw, and others, whose objections Wells graciously includes in this publication. 3 caricature portraits of Shaw, Wells and Keynes by David Low.

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Publisher
New Statesman & Nation
Publisher City
London
Year
1934
Edition
1st
Format
p/b
Author
Wells, H. G., Joseph Stalin, G. Bernard Shaw, J. M. Keynes, Ernst Toller (illus. Low)
SKU
IYC132364
Categories
Condition
Good, original orange printed wrappers, stapled as issued. Wrappers lightly soiled and rubbed as often, with some splitting and some foxing. Pamphlet pages tight.
Size
8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8" x 5_")
Page Count
47
ISBN