A History of European Socialism

This is a serious and accomplished synthesis… . Biographical vignettes enliven the presentation of ideas, and references to studies of regional diversities … give the narrative an uncommonly rich texture… . Lucid and illuminating… . It is the best book on the subject to put into the hands of our students. -Helmut Gruber, International Labor and Working Class History
A synthetic narrative by a young academic scholar … who has independent ideas on an important subject… . This book is worth reading if for no other reason than its modest, but nonpatronizing rehabilitation from generations of Marxist caricature of a host of deeply democratic European socialists. -James H. Billington, Washington Post Book World
One asset of this book is its lack of the overbearing personal partisanship one finds in so many historical studies of socialism… . [Lindeman incorporates] some recent and inaccessible studies in social history written ‘from the bottom up.’ -David D'Arcy, World View
As a whole, Lindemann offers a more balanced treatment of the ideas and the movement of socialism than found in many extant histories… . A must for all college and university libraries. -Choice
A competent and fair-minded study of a controversial subject. It presents much factual material and judicious interpretation in lucid prose. -L. S. Stavrianos, Los Angeles Times Book Review