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In Search of Revolution: International Communist Parties in the Third Period
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Hardcover. Challenges the view that the "Third Period" - when national communist parties had to cease collaboration with social democrat and labour movements and adopt the policy of "class against class" as dictated by Moscow - as a disaster which lead to the demise of communism as an international force. Editor(s): Worley, Matthew. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPFC; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 608.
The end of the Cold War and the opening of the Soviet, and especially Comintern, archives, have revolutionized the history and historiography of Communism and the Soviet Union and national communist parties. Nowhere has the upheaval been greater than in the history of the "Third Period". The Communist International (Comintern) officially announced in 1928 the "Third Period" in capitalist development and communist struggle. All national communist parties had to cease collaboration with social democrat and labour movements and adopt the policy of "class against class" as dictated by Moscow. Most historians have seen this policy as a disaster leading to ... Read more
The end of the Cold War and the opening of the Soviet, and especially Comintern, archives, have revolutionized the history and historiography of Communism and the Soviet Union and national communist parties. Nowhere has the upheaval been greater than in the history of the "Third Period". The Communist International (Comintern) officially announced in 1928 the "Third Period" in capitalist development and communist struggle. All national communist parties had to cease collaboration with social democrat and labour movements and adopt the policy of "class against class" as dictated by Moscow. Most historians have seen this policy as a disaster leading to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850434078
SKU
V9781850434078
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About
Matthew Worley is Lecturer in History at the University of Reading and author of Class Against Class and Labour Inside the Gate, published by I.B.Tauris.
Reviews for In Search of Revolution: International Communist Parties in the Third Period
Institute of Historical Research: "nuanced...interesting" "The essays in In Search of Revolution stand out for the way they have succeeded in combining a knowledge of the secondary literature (itself immense) with both the national and international sources." "an excellent collection of essays by fifteen young specialists who have all already won their spurs by writing books and ... Read more