"Anarchism: From Theory to Practice" by Daniel Guerin

This book is the summary of the writings of early anarchist political theory. This book is an attempt at defining anarchism and describing a few attempts at anarchist organization of production in the first half of the 20th century. The principal founding theorists of anarchism are the Frenchman Proudhon and the Russian Bakunin, both of whom lived in the mid-19th century.

Contents
Introduction by Noam Chomsky
Preface
1 : The Basic Ideas of Anarchism
A Matter of Words
A Visceral Revolt
Horror of the State
Hostility to Bourgeois Democracy
Critique of Authoritarian Socialism
Sources of Inspiration: The Individual
Sources of Inspiration: The Masses
2: In Search of a New Society
Anarchism Is N􀅗t Utopian
The Need for Organization
Self-Management
The Bases of Exchange
Competition
Centralization and Planning
Complete Sociali zation?
Trade Unions
The Communes
The Disputed Term "State"
How Should the Public Services Be Managed?
Federalism
Intemationalism
Decolonization
3: Anarchism in Revolutionary Practice
1880-1914
Anarchism Becomes Isolated
from the Working-Class Movement
Social-Democratic Condemnation of Anarchism
Anarchists in the Trade Unions
Anarchism in the Russian Revolution
A Libertarian Revolution
An Authoritarian Revolution
The Part Played by the Anarchists
The Makhnovtchina
Kronstadt
Anarchism Living and Dead
Anarchism in the Italian Factory Councils
Anarchism in the Spanish Revolution
The Soviet Mirage
The Anarchist Tradition in Spain
Theory
An "Apolitical" Revolution
Anarchists in Government
Self-Management in Agriculture
Self-Management in Industry
Self-Management Undermined
By Way of Conclusion
Postscript: May 1968
Bibliography