Traces the development of Marxism, its rise to power in the Soviet Union and elsewhere, and the factors that led to the collapse of Marxist governments in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Workers of the world, what happened? -- Socialism before Marx -- Lenin and Bolshevism -- Marxism and Stalinism -- Chinese Marxism and Maoism -- The fringes of Marxism -- Crisis and collapse.