A spectre is haunting Europe the spectre of Communism. So begins one ofhistorys most important documents a work of such magnitude that it hasforever changed no... » 

A spectre is haunting Europe the spectre of Communism. So begins one ofhistorys most important documents a work of such magnitude that it hasforever changed not only the scope of world politics but indeed the course ofhuman civilization. The Communist Manifesto was written in Friedrich Engelssclear striking prose and declared the earthshaking ideas of Karl Marx. Uponpublication in 1848 it quickly became the credo of the poor and oppressed wholonged for a society in which the free development of each is the conditionfor the free development of all.The Communist Manifesto contains the seeds of Marxs more comprehensivephilosophy which continues to inspire influential economic political socialand literary theories. But the Manifesto is most valuable as an historicaldocument one that led to the greatest political upheaveals of the nineteenthand twentieth centuries and to the establishment of the Communist governmentsthat until recently ruled half the globe.This Bantam Classic edition of The Communist Manifesto includes Marx andEngelss historic 1872 and 1882 prefaces and Engelss notes and prefaces tothe 1883 and 1888 editions. «