Marxist-Leninist historians?

I noticed that most of the historians listed in the consolidated reading FAQ are Trotskyists or social dems. Does anyone have any recommendations for good history books written by Marxist-Leninist historians? I'm mostly looking for stuff on the USSR, PRC, Cuba, and the other ML and socialist states of the 20th century. I'll take really anything to add to my list of Marxist history books to read, though.

Best one you should really get into reading is Michael Parenti. Here's the url to all his books:

http://www.michaelparenti.org/books.html

Then there's Phillip Bonosky who's done excellent work on socialist Afghanistan when under the leadership of the PDPA, on socialist Vietnam, great facts from myths on the USSR, and many other great works. Here's his list of books as well:

http://www.phillipbonosky.com/html/bibliography.html

And then I'd recommend Albert Szymanski, who's work includes:

• Human Rights in the Soviet Union;
• Is the Red Flag Flying?: The Political Economy of the Soviet Union;
• Class Struggle in Socialist Poland: With Comparisons to Yugoslavia;
• Class Structure: A Critical Perspective;
• The capitalist state and the politics of class;
• The Logic of Imperialism; and
• Sociology: Class, consciousness, and contradictions

Best one you should really get into reading is Michael Parenti. Here's the url to all his books:

http://www.michaelparenti.org/books.html

I've been meaning to read his book on the Yugoslav Wars for ages

Syzmanski is a must, for sure. His book on Socialist Poland, and "Is the Red Flag Flying?" are respectively incredible books; the first gives a really good analysis of the Solidarnosc "movement" that most of the trot groups still defend, and the latter is the key riposte to the anti-Marxist ramblings about "state capitalism".

As for other ML historians, there's a bunch. Helen Yaffe is a must - I keep mentioning her book whenever there's a Cuba thread. Sam Marcy, whilst not a historian in the strictest sense, wrote a fantastic book about the counterrevolution in Poland.

Whilst not necessarily ML's themselves, there are some key authors and books on 20th century socialism which don't get mentioned when they really should. Key is anything by Wilfred Burchett, who wrote classic stuff on Vietnam, Korea and many other places in a fantastic style. Similarly, Anna Louise Strong did a similar thing for the USSR, China and so on, as did Han Suyin for China and Tibet. Ellen Brun and Jacques Hersh wrote the best book on the DPRK, and I am unaware if they wrote other stuff, sadly. Theodore MacDonald wrote incredible stuff on the education system and health system in Cuba, but sadly passed away this year. There are plenty others, but I'm away from my books right now so I can't think of much else off the top of my head!

All comrades should endeavour to look through the back catalogue of Monthly Review Press (and if you have archive access on their site, their old issues are great too), especially from the 1960s-70s, as this was when they released incredible stuff. Similarly, archives of Workers World, Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, Liberation etc all have great articles on stuff as primers to more in depth things.

Syzmanski is a must, for sure. His book on Socialist Poland, and "Is the Red Flag Flying?" are respectively incredible books; the first gives a really good analysis of the Solidarnosc "movement" that most of the trot groups still defend, and the latter is the key riposte to the anti-Marxist ramblings about "state capitalism".

As for other ML historians, there's a bunch. Helen Yaffe is a must - I keep mentioning her book whenever there's a Cuba thread. Sam Marcy, whilst not a historian in the strictest sense, wrote a fantastic book about the counterrevolution in Poland.

Whilst not necessarily ML's themselves, there are some key authors and books on 20th century socialism which don't get mentioned when they really should. Key is anything by Wilfred Burchett, who wrote classic stuff on Vietnam, Korea and many other places in a fantastic style. Similarly, Anna Louise Strong did a similar thing for the USSR, China and so on, as did Han Suyin for China and Tibet. Ellen Brun and Jacques Hersh wrote the best book on the DPRK, and I am unaware if they wrote other stuff, sadly. Theodore MacDonald wrote incredible stuff on the education system and health system in Cuba, but sadly passed away this year. There are plenty others, but I'm away from my books right now so I can't think of much else off the top of my head!

All comrades should endeavour to look through the back catalogue of Monthly Review Press (and if you have archive access on their site, their old issues are great too), especially from the 1960s-70s, as this was when they released incredible stuff. Similarly, archives of Workers World, Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, Liberation etc all have great articles on stuff as primers to more in depth things.

Can you recommend some specific titles by these writers?

They should be pretty easy to find by searching their names on Amazon; Wilfred Burchett and Anna Louise Strong were part of the excellent legacy of revolutionary journalists like John Reed, and wrote excellent books with a decent distribution in enthralling writing styles. I did just write a list but revleft signed me out, so I'm loathe to write it again, sorry!

There is a guy on Revleft called "The Marxist Historian"

TMH is "RED" DAVE'S pinch hitter