K.S. Karol is unusually qualified to write on the subject of Communism. He was born in Poland in 1924, and when his country was partinoned by Germany and Russia he went to the Soviet Union, where he finished his schooling and served in the Red Army. Like many of his countrynen, he experienced Soviet jails and camps. Karol left Russia after the war and has since resided in Paris correspondent for the New Statesman and writes for Nouvel Observateur.