The Comintern: A History of International Communism from Lenin to Stalin

ISBN-13: 9780333552841 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 336 str.

Kevin McDermott; Jeremy Agnew

Opis

This accessible text provides a comprehensive narrative and interpretative account of the entire history of the Communist International, 1919-1943. By incorporating the most recent Western and Soviet research the authors explain the legendary complexities of Comintern history and chart its degeneration from a revolutionary internationalist organisation into an obedient instrument of Soviet foreign policy. Key themes include: continuities and discontinuities between the Leninist and Stalinist phases, Bolshevisation versus national traditions, and the role of leading individuals in the Comintern apparatus. A selection of documents will elucidate these central themes.

Spis treści

Comintern in the Era of Lenin, 1919-23.- Bolshevising the Comintern, 1924-28.- Stalin and the Third Period, 1928-33.- Popular Front and Stalinist Terror, 1934-38.- Comintern in East Asia, 1919-39.- From War to Dissolution, 1939-43.- Legacy of the Comintern.- Select Biographical.- Glossary.