A very fine biography of a key figure who for so long deservedly stood as abeacon on the international left for the way he articulated and redefinedsocialist po... » 

A very fine biography of a key figure who for so long deservedly stood as abeacon on the international left for the way he articulated and redefinedsocialist politics.Leo Panitch Ralph Miliband 192494 played a key role within the politicaland intellectual community of the Left both in Britain and in North Americawhere he held several visiting professorships. The Socialist Register whichhe founded with John Saville and edited for 30 years brought him intocontact with leftwing intellectuals throughout the world. Based on exclusiveaccess to Milibands extensive personal papers and supplemented by interviewsthis book provides an interpretative history of the evolution debates anddilemmas of socialists from the Second World War until the collapse ofcommunism. «