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by Douglas Hyde (Author)
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On March 14, 1948, Douglas Hyde handed in his resignation as the news editor of the London Daily Worker and wrote “the end” to twenty years of his life as a member of the Communist Party. A week later, in a written statement, Hyde announced that he had renounced Communism and, with his wife and children, was joining the Catholic Church.

The long pilgrimage from Communism to Christ carried Douglas Hyde from complete commitment to Marxism, to a questioning uneasiness about Soviet Russia’s glaring contradictions of ideology and action, to a final rejection of the Party.

In Dedication and Leadership, Hyde advances the theory that although the goals and aims of Communism are antithetical to human dignity and the rights of the individual, there is much to be learned from communist methods, cadres and psychological motivation. Hyde describes the Communist mechanics of instilling dedication, the first prerequisite for leadership. Here is the complete rationale of party technique: how to stimulate the willingness to sacrifice; the advisability of making big demands to insure a big response; the inspirational indoctrination; and the subtle conversion methods.

In this small book, so large with implications, Douglas Hyde comments on both Communist and Catholic potential and their lack of maximum effectiveness. He advocates positive Catholic action, not just a negative anti-Communism, and he points out that the guidelines are now down for a decisive choice between total Communism and a total Christianity.

Here is a realistic approach to an acute problem uncolored by emotional propaganda, and here is a realistic answer on how to inspire dedication for leadership.

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"Douglas Hyde was for twenty years a dedicated Communist working for the cause on the London Daily Worker. In his late 30's he converted to Roman Catholicism and was soon quite disillusioned with the lower level of dedication among his fellow religionists than among his former comrades. In this book he shares with the Church how the Communists train their people in both dedication and leadership. This book is very important for any pastor or Christian leader to read." ―Theology

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On March 14, 1948, Douglas Hyde handed in his resignation as the news editor of the London Daily Worker  and wrote “the end” to twenty years of his life as a member of the Communist Party. A week later, in a written statement, Hyde announced that he had renounced Communism and, with his wife and children, was joining the Catholic Church.  The long pilgrimage from Communism to Christ carried Douglas Hyde from complete commitment to Marxism, to a questioning uneasiness about Soviet Russia’s glaring contradictions of ideology and action, to a final rejection of the Party. In Dedication and Leadership, he advances the theory that although the goals and aims of Communism are antithetical to human dignity and the rights of the individual, there is much to be learned from communist methods, cadres and psychological motivation. Hyde describes the Communist mechanics of instilling dedication, the first prerequisite for leadership. Here is the complete rationale of party technique: how to stimulate the willingness to sacrifice; the advisibility of making big demands to insure a big response; the inspirational indoctrination; and the subtle conversion methods. In this small book, so large with implications, Douglas Hyde comments on both Communist and Catholic potential and their lack of maximum effectiveness. He advocates positive Catholic action, not just a negative anti-Communism, and he points out that the guidelines are now down for a decisive choice between total Communism and a total Christianity. Here is a realistic approach to an acute problem uncolored by emotional propaganda, and here is a realistic answer on how to inspire dedication for leadership.

Douglas Hyde (1911–1996) was an English political journalist and writer.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Notre Dame Press; 1st edition (March 21, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0268000735
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0268000738
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.84 x 5.3 x 0.48 inches
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Robert Clarke
5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful delve into how to shape those around you
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2023
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Douglas Hyde's "Dedication and Leadership" follows his personal perspective as a former leader in the British Communist Party through his abandonment of that ideological movement. In this book, he unpacks how the Communist Parties of the mid 1900s cultivated their internal leaders and shaped their followers into dedicated social - and sometimes literal - warriors for their cause.

It's rife with powerful examples of how investing in human capital, working to self-actualize and develop your people, will enable you to do significantly more than your opponents with significantly less. It's an essential study, brief though the book may be, to fostering talent in whatever it is you've set out to do. I'd rank it as one of the most important books I've read this year.
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Robert Huffstedtler
5.0 out of 5 stars You Will Need Multiple Copies of this Book
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2003
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In the first three quarters of the twentieth century, communism moved from a minority political movement in a few European countries to become a major political force with over a third of the world's population under its sway and signficant intellectual influence even in the countries that remained most opposed to it. Douglas Hyde was one of those who diligently to further its influence. In 1948, he surprised his friends and enemies alike by resigning his position as editor of the London based communist paper the Daily Worker and converting to Roman Catholicism with his family.
This book grew out of a series of lectures he conducted that tried to explain the successes of Communism to a Christian audience and to answer the question "Is there anything in Communist methods that can be adapted to serve nobler causes?". The answer to that question is an emphatic yes. Hyde strips away the preconceptions of how Communists recruited and motivated party workers and how they developed them into leaders capable of developing other communist workers.
The main theme of the book is contained in the title. According to Hyde, dedication is a prerequisite for true leadership. The communists had a well defined purpose that every communist could understand and believe in: the hope of a Communist world. In pursuit of that goal, members were asked to make great sacrifices. Rather than driving people away, this demand draws out the idealistic element in them and inspires the sort of dedication needed.
Hyde develops this theme in a number of ways. He discusses how short term campaigns worked, how party education worked, how members were encouraged to excellence in other areas of their life in order to give the communist message credibility with non-Communists.
Looking at the state of communism today, one might question whether there is any value in this book after all. Indeed, Hyde faced the same question himself in the late 80s and refused a reprint of the book because he thought that communist commitment was no longer what was described in the book. In my opinion, the failure of communism was due to its successes proving its invalidity, not to the methods by which it had enjoyed those earlier successes. Militant Islam seems to be the ascendant ideology of our times, and to the limited degree that I am aware, it seems like the Islamists are employing similar techniques. If we are wise, we will choose to learn from them rather than dismissing them outright.
This is one of those rare books that demands the purchasing of multiple copies. You will want to keep one for yourself with all your underlinings and notes, and keep at least one to lend out. Any sort of organisation could benefit from the lessons to be learned here, but Hyde's message is chiefly to Christians. Any believer distressed about the weak impact his church is having should immediately read this book.
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John Spiers
5.0 out of 5 stars Keep This In Mind...
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I recommend this to anyone who teaches or desires to do so... a point that Mr. Hyde does not make directly but I think is critical for anyone consider the techniques and methods is not only is communist pedagogy exceptionally good, but their content is accurate and reliable. We all make a mistake when we fail to realize that Marxists get their facts straight. Hyde says as much when he lays out how the communists stayed close to their audience, and how they strove to excel in their field. Communists as a technique also stand and deliver, which tends to result in accuracy. It is when communists take the facts to the analysis level, dialectical materialism, and the inevitable violence, that their system fails.

Nonetheless, there are excellent works written by Marxists on many topics which one ought not ignore merely for the authors orientation. Hyde notes in capitalism the ruling elite profits by war (page 58), and goes on to note the communists make no bones about governments being in the business of oppression, and so are communist governments, but in the case of communism for a good cause. Accuracy in facts, but fallacy in analysis.

if you want to be an excellent teacher, learn from the Marxists! If you want accurate information read the Marxists. If you want to suffer pointlessly, become a Marxist!
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Daniel Douglass
5.0 out of 5 stars Single-minded Dedication
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2002
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The best book on leadership I've read. Douglas Hyde, a british ex-communist leader, exposes the methodological success of Communism. He doesn't delve into Communism's ideological fallacies (although alluded to). He rather lays out communistic functions that led to it's incredible growth in such a short period of time. Throughout the book he comments on both Communist and Chritian potentials that culminates in the choice between total Communism or total Christianity. One of the most intriguing chapters is "The Story of Jim." Hyde told those in a Communist leader seminar that the Communist party could take anyone willing to be trained in leadership and make a leader. Hyde describes Jim as, 'very short, grotesquely fat, with a flabby white face, a cast in one eye and, to make matters worse, a most destressing stutter.' You'll need to read the book to see what became of Jim.
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Clark Dickson
5.0 out of 5 stars A book worth anyones time who wants to lead
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2012
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Mr. Hyde does a great job of laying out what the communist did right in a wrong way. He shows in this book that many of the methods that the communist used to develop leaders are not only good but in some cases best. There are many applications that can be made with this book. I would encourage anybody reading this book to have the bible next to them and write out verses that come to mind as they read along.
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Mark E
4.0 out of 5 stars Great insight into why and the how of communism growth
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2017
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Great insight into why and the how of communism growth, yes he does indeed reference Catholicism quite a bit and not to harsh on either side. For a book that is in its 13th printing that tells you it has quite a bit of merits. My copy is not resell-able as pencil marked a good 20 pages for reference.
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David Pettit
5.0 out of 5 stars but good condition for the price
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2018
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Simple book, but good condition for the price. Shipping time was not bad at all. Would purchase again!
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David
5.0 out of 5 stars Efficient read
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2019
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Tremendous book. Clear, concise, easy to read, and very informative.
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Michel Girouard
5.0 out of 5 stars Catholics should at least be as dedicated as Communist are
Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2017
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Douglas Hyde, former editor of the London Communist pare "Daily Worker", converted to Catholicism in the early 50's. This book is the result of a lecturing tour given to Catholic hierarchy and activists. It show what are the points Catholic could imitate to have a greater impact on society.
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