18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte is a major work of Karl Marx, the father of the modern communist movement. The text follows the French revolution of 1848 and subsequent counter-revolution, resulting in the dictatorship of Louis Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte.<br/><br/>The work is crucial for students of Marxism who wish to understand how Marxist analysis was applied by its foremost theorist to historic events. It explores Marx's view of the relation between classes, parties, and actors in Marx's own words, as well as the chaotic nature of revolution and counter-revolution as various factions form and reform coalitions.