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Today's ISMS: Socialism, Capitalism, Fascism, Communism, and Libertarianism (11th Edition)
by Alan Ebenstein, William Ebenstein, Edwin Fogelman
from Prentice Hall
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Disappointing 
Based on 11 editions and 4/5 stars I was expecting much more. The chapter on socialism was extremely weak without even an attempt at a formal definition. The capitalism chapter described statism/mixed economy, as it exists in the U.S., and called it capitalism. I cut my losses on this book after the first two sections. This is an eighth-grade level survey of political theories.
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great reference book 
I use this book to help prepare lecture notes for the AP Govt classes I teach. It is quite readable and simply organized. Any instructor of govt or any serious student of govt should have this book.
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Very confusing -- didnt even cover the basics!
*this review concerns the edition that did not discuss libertarianism.. that would be a welcome addition*
I give this two stars because there WERE parts of the book that were factual, interesting, and important. However, I found the entire book as a whole to be sloppy, confusing, and poorly written. For example, throughout the entire book, I was waiting to see a simple definition of socialism, or for a distinct difference between socialism and communism. However, not only does the author never do this,... more info
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A handbook of 20th century political ideas 
This very concise book explains four major political structures that have shaped nations in the twentieth century. It is useful as an introduction to the theories of socialism, capitalism, fascism, and communism, but most people already have some idea of what these things are about. The greater benefit in reading this book may be in learning how these ideologies have been put into practice in different countries. In each section, the authors discuss the history and theory of the ideology, how it has been... more info
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