ABSTRACT

The aim of this book is simple. It seeks to describe the main features of the internal life and functioning of a communist party. It reflects both the results of a historian's research and the long years of experience of a communist official and party apparatchik.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|29 pages

Institutions Without Power

chapter 2|74 pages

The System of Power Groups

chapter 3|67 pages

The Party Apparat

chapter 4|18 pages

The Party Aktiv

chapter 5|10 pages

External Influences

chapter |4 pages

Instead of a Conclusion