ABSTRACT

This book is intended to be both less and more than a survey of communism in the world today or a history of communist movements. It focuses on the relationship of communist movements to social classes and to the internal balance of political power in their respective countries.

chapter One|21 pages

Europe before 1914

chapter Two|28 pages

Lenin’s Revolution

chapter Three|28 pages

The Comintern

chapter Four|21 pages

Communism in Russia 1921–1928

chapter Five|12 pages

Communism in Europe 1921–1933

chapter Six|16 pages

Nationalism and Revolution in Asia

chapter Seven|28 pages

Communism in Asia 1919–1935

chapter Eight|21 pages

Stalin’s Revolution

chapter Nine|24 pages

The Popular Front

chapter Ten|10 pages

The Nazi–Soviet Pact

chapter Eleven|18 pages

Communism and the Resistance Movements

chapter Twelve|20 pages

Stalinism in Russia

chapter Thirteen|23 pages

The Stalinisation of Eastern Europe

chapter Fourteen|20 pages

The Chinese Revolution

chapter Fifteen|39 pages

Communism Outside the Zone, 1945–1953

chapter Sixteen|27 pages

Communism, Social Classes and Power

chapter Seventeen|26 pages

Since Stalin: The Communist Regimes

chapter Eighteen|26 pages

Since Stalin: Communism Outside the Zone