American Communism in Crisis, 1943-1957
Author: Joseph Robert Starobin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1975-01-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780520027961
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Joseph Robert Starobin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1975-01-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780520027961
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Vernon L. Pedersen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-01-14
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1350135763
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Of all the 'third party' movements in American history, none have been as controversial as the Communist Party of the United States of America. Although denounced as a tool of the Soviet Union, accused of espionage and charged with advocating the revolutionary overthrow of the American government, before WWII it had been an accepted part of the political landscape. This collection offers an intriguing insight into this controversial political party in light of the Moscow archives that were made accessible after the end of the Cold War. This collection of original essays explores new aspects in the history of American Communism, drawing on a range of documents from Moscow and Eastern Europe. Examining traditional subjects in the light of new evidence, the essays cover a range of topics including party leaders, espionage, campaigns against racism, the Spanish Civil War, communism and gender, the fate of members after the McCarthy era and ways in which Communists became Anti-Communists.
Author: David A. Shannon
Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 444
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Harvey Klehr
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In The American Communist Movement: Storming Heaven Itself, Harvey Klehr and John Earl Haynes trace the turbulent history of American communism as both political party and social movement. Drawing on a wealth of research, they follow the party's fortunes from its origin in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, through its heyday during the Depression years, to the gradual decline in the post-World War II era. The authors examine the effect of the party's ideas on groups more in the mainstream of American politics, as well as the influence of communist "popular front" culture on American culture in general. While duly acknowledging the idealism of many American communists, the authors also take a clear-eyed look at the disturbing aspects of the American communist movement: its subservience to Moscow, its penchant for conspiratorial machinations, its bitter internal disputes and purges, its always latent and sometimes virulent totalitarianism.