The most important anti<^ommunistntvork ever tvritten ---nnow abridged for easier readingnHow often does an author applaud when his magnumnopus is abridged? Yet Alexander Solzhenitsyn thinks sonwell of this abridgment that he contributes a Foreword,nin which he writes:n"I gratefuUy accepted Professor Ericson's suggestion toncreate a . . .