Anarchism from Theory to Practice by Daniel Guerin

Alternatively this book could be called "All you ever wanted to know about Anarchism but were afraid to ask". This book is an easy reading introduction to the main ideas in anarchist thought and the events that have helped to form them. It is divided into three sections, Anarchist theory, Anarchist economy and Anarchists in revolutionary practice. Guerin's book explains the main ideas of anarchism simply and concisely without portraying anarchists as infallible. It shows the development of these ideas and the internal debates that have existed within anarchism. If you want to find out that Anarchism doesn? mean chaos, that they don't all wear black capes and that there is a socialist alternative to the Leninists, then read "Anarchism".