Compare and contrast the account of communism in Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto with the account of National Socialism in Hitler’s Mein Kampf. What are one or two major differences? What are one or two major things they have in common?

Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto

Answer the question below with a 500-700 word essay (roughly 2 to 4 printed pages, 12-point font, double spaced, not including “Works Cited” page). Write using sentences and paragraphs; do not write in point form or in rough. Your answer is due on Monday February 14 by 11:59 PM.

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Answer the following two-part question on Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto (be sure to answer BOTH sections):
(1) Consider the historical details of the Russian Revolution, Lenin’s leadership, and the Russian Civil War in Gellately’s Lenin, Stalin, Hitler (pgs. 21-77). Discuss one or two ways in which Lenin and the Bolsheviks followed the revolutionary guidelines set out in Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto. Discuss one or two ways in which Lenin and the Bolsheviks did not follow the Communist Manifesto. (350 words maximum)

(2) Compare and contrast the account of communism in Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto with the account of National Socialism in Hitler’s Mein Kampf. What are one or two major differences? What are one or two major things they have in common? (350 words maximum)