Class or Nation: Communists, Imperialism and Two World Wars

ISBN-13: 9781780760285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str.

Neil Redfern

Opis

The size of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) belied its influence; many saw it as a microcosm of the communist-capitalist struggle. It had a powerful presence in British society despite being a minority movement. Based upon newly available sources, Neil Redfern re-examines the movement and its relationship to imperialism. He traces the history of British communism from its gradualist roots and finds that, despite World War I, the 1917 revolution and mass movements in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, CPGB remained Euro-centered and reformist rather than revolutionary, even supporting the post-1945 Labour government.

Spis treści

Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Inheritance: European and British Marxism 1884-1917 2. Breaking with the Past? The Birth of British Bolshevism 1917-1922 3. The Second International Revisited 1935-1941 4. The decay of British Bolshevism: From Barbarossa to Teheran June 1941-November 1943 5. The Death of British Bolshevism: Teheran to the CP's Eighteenth Congress November 1943-November 1945 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index