Red blight

Chapter 2: AUTHOR’S NOTE

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The author offers a polemical critique of Communism, arguing that its promises of security and abundance are unattainable and that its implementation suppresses personal freedom and enterprise. Drawing on personal travel and reporting in China and Manchuria, she traces historical and ideological antecedents, profiles key Communist personalities, and analyzes propaganda and tactics used to gain power. Chapters examine the impact of Communist rule on society, the failures of opposing nationalist leadership, and life behind the Soviet-style curtain. An appendix and bibliography support her observations. The work concludes with a call for national vigilance and a defense of individual initiative as antidotes to totalitarian expansion.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

The opinions expressed in this book represent only one individual’s point of view. They are based upon what I, myself, have seen and heard and are subject, therefore, to human error, preferences and prejudices. I ask only that they be considered in this light, and hope that they may serve to stimulate independent thinking and inquiry.

What I am reporting I have experienced personally or learned from the most reliable sources at my command. If I succeed only in a small measure in conveying my thoughts and opinions, it is, nonetheless, a load off my chest, and I shall sleep more easily for having made a sincere, if limited, contribution toward a better understanding of our present disheartening dilemma.

Mary Lamar Knight