Class or Nation
Communists, Imperialism and Two World Wars
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 2005
272 pages
978-0-85771-142-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) has been seen by many as a microcosm of the Communist-Capitalist struggle in the early twentieth century. Its size belied its influence and so, despite never being a mainstream political movement, it had a powerful presence in British society. Neil Redfern re-examines the movement and its relationship to imperialism, tracing the history of British communism from its revolutionary roots, forged during the turmoil of 1917-1921. He finds that the CPGB never made a clean break with the reformism, nationalism and Euro-centrism, despite World War I, the 1917 revolution and] mass movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Redfern argues that this led most of the left to support the First World War and so, by extension, found itself supporting the Second World War and Britain's reconquest of its colonial possessions.
This is essential reading for scholars of British Political and Social History, as well as Imperialism, Communism and left-wing ideology.
This is essential reading for scholars of British Political and Social History, as well as Imperialism, Communism and left-wing ideology.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-85771-142-7 (9780857711427)
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Content
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
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
