Class or Nation - Communists, Imperialism and Two World Wars

Informationen zum Autor Neil Redfern lectures in history at Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University. Vorwort *Revisionary look at the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) showing small numerical size but deep influence in British political society. *Set in imperial and international context - but Eurocentred. *Based on newly-available CPGB and other sources. Zusammenfassung The size of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) belied its influence; many saw it as a microcosm of the communist-capitalist struggle. It had a powerful presence in British society despite being a minority movement. Based upon newly available sources, Neil Redfern re-examines the movement and its relationship to imperialism. He traces the history of British communism from its gradualist roots and finds that, despite World War I, the 1917 revolution and mass movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America, CPGB remained Euro-centred and reformist rather than revolutionary, even supporting the post-1945 Labour government. Inhaltsverzeichnis AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Inheritance: European and British Marxism 1884-19172. Breaking with the Past? The Birth of British Bolshevism 1917-19223. The Second International Revisited 1935-19414. The decay of British Bolshevism: From Barbarossa to Teheran June 1941-November 19435. The Death of British Bolshevism: Teheran to the CP's Eighteenth Congress November 1943-November 1945ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Neil Redfern, Redfern Neil
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2005
• EAN: 9781850437239
• ISBN: 978-1-85043-723-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: International Library of Polit; International Library of Polit; International Library of Political Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Political parties and party platforms