Tyrmand Leopold/ Civilization of Communism/ London 1972/ Polish Cultural Foundation/ first edition/ softcover/ p.286/ very good condition

What for the citizens of the People's Republic of Poland was a gray, ordinary everyday life, for Americans it was beyond their heads. It was with the American reader in mind that Leopold Tyrmand prepared a collection of basic information and absurdities that we had to face in a reality controlled by the Soviet Union. The Civilization of Communism is a must-read for younger generations who were born long after the fall of the Iron Curtain - as a warning not to make the same mistakes that doomed their ancestors to many years of living in poverty and under the umbrella of propaganda.

The cover was designed by Alexander Werner