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World revolution, 1917-1936 : the rise and fall of the Communist International

Author: C L R James; Christian Høgsbjerg
Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
Series: C.L.R. James Archives (Series)
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Originally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the history of revolutions during the interwar period and of the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. James, who was a leading Trotskyist activist in Britain, outlines Russia's transition from Communist revolution to a Stalinist totalitarian state bureaucracy. He also provides an account of the ideological  Read more...
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James, C.L.R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989.
World revolution, 1917-1936.
Durham : Duke University Press, 2017
(DLC) 2017008443
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: C L R James; Christian Høgsbjerg
ISBN: 9780822363088 0822363089 9780822363248 0822363240
OCLC Number: 959869267
Description: xvi, 525 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Contents: Marxism --
The forerunners of the Third International --
The war and the Russian Revolution --
The failure of the World Revolution and the foundation of the International --
Lenin and socialism --
Stalin and socialism --
Stalin kills the 1923 revolution --
The Kulak and the British General Council --
Stalin ruins the Chinese revolution --
The platform and the five-year plan --
Industry and the plan --
"After Hitler, our turn" --
The great retreat --
The revolution abandoned --
A Fourth International the only hope --
Appendix on Sidney and Beatrice Webb's Soviet Communism.
Series Title: C.L.R. James Archives (Series)
Responsibility: C.L.R. James ; edited and introduced by Christian Høgsbjerg.

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