Property and Freedom - Softcover

"A most stimulating and original book. . . . One of the most valuable volumes on property yet." --The American Spectator

"[Property and Freedom] is his most ambitious [book] ever. It is always compelling, often insightful and robust in argument." --Literary Review

"A superb book about a topic that should be front and center in the American political debate. . . . Splendid because it retains the perspective and sweep of great historical scholarship." --National Review

" Pipes is massively erudite." --The New York Times Book Review

" Pipes slowly builds up a strong historical case for the necessity of property rights as a prerequisite for freedoms in general." --The Washington Times

Linking the concept of the private ownership of property to the evolution of democratic institutions, the author of Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime compares the nature of private ownership in the Western world with that of Russia in which autocratic regimes knew no limit to authority. Reprint.