Szymanski's provocative text is the first to systematically compare world systems theory and classical Leninist philosophy. Drawing on statistical data from government and corporate sectors, The Logic Imperialism provides a coherent framework for analyzing both theoretical and methodology issues important to understanding imperialism. Szymanski reviews and interprets such issues as a relation between core and periphery, colonialism and neo-colonialism, modes of production, movement of international capital, the idea of an aristocracy of labor, economic developments in the Third World and inter-imperialism rivalry. He then evaluates the contributions of other scholars including Luxemburg, Mao, Trotsky, Baran, Sweezy and Fanon to the continuing debate on imperialism.