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The Comintern

A History of International Communism from Lenin to Stalin

Authors:

  1. Kevin McDermott
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  2. Jeremy Agnew
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Comintern in the Era of Lenin, 1919–23

    • Kevin McDermott, Jeremy Agnew
    Pages 1-40

  3. Bolshevising the Comintern, 1924–8

    • Kevin McDermott, Jeremy Agnew
    Pages 41-80

  4. Stalin and the Third Period, 1928–33

    • Kevin McDermott, Jeremy Agnew
    Pages 81-119

  5. Popular Front and Stalinist Terror, 1934–9

    • Kevin McDermott, Jeremy Agnew
    Pages 120-157

  6. Comintern in East Asia, 1919–39

    • Michael Weiner
    Pages 158-190

  7. From War to Dissolution, 1939–43

    • Kevin McDermott, Jeremy Agnew
    Pages 191-211

  8. Legacy of the Comintern

    • Kevin McDermott, Jeremy Agnew
    Pages 212-219

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 220-304
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About this book

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.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Comintern

  • Book Subtitle: A History of International Communism from Lenin to Stalin

  • Authors: Kevin McDermott, Jeremy Agnew

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25024-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 336

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History

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