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Enemies within the Gates?
William Chase
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Description for Enemies within the Gates?
Hardcover. A documentary history telling the story of how the Comintern (Communist International) participated in and was ultimately destroyed by the Stalinist repression in the late 1930s. The author analyzes the Comintern's roles as agent, instrument and victim of terror using archival documents. Translator(s): Staklo, Vadim A. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 560 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 921.
This compelling work of documentary history tells a story of idealism betrayed, a story of how the Comintern (Communist International), an organization established by Lenin in 1919 to direct and assist revolutionary movements throughout the world, participated in and was ultimately destroyed by the Stalinist repression in the late 1930s. Presenting and drawing on recently declassified archival documents, William J. Chase analyzes the Comintern’s roles as agent, instrument, and victim of terror.
In both principle and practice, the Comintern was an international organization, with a staff that consisted primarily of Communist émigrés who had fled dictatorial regimes in Europe ... Read more
This compelling work of documentary history tells a story of idealism betrayed, a story of how the Comintern (Communist International), an organization established by Lenin in 1919 to direct and assist revolutionary movements throughout the world, participated in and was ultimately destroyed by the Stalinist repression in the late 1930s. Presenting and drawing on recently declassified archival documents, William J. Chase analyzes the Comintern’s roles as agent, instrument, and victim of terror.
In both principle and practice, the Comintern was an international organization, with a staff that consisted primarily of Communist émigrés who had fled dictatorial regimes in Europe ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
Annals of Communism
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300082425
SKU
V9780300082425
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About William Chase
William J. Chase is professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.
Reviews for Enemies within the Gates?
"This book is about an extraordinary group of people at an extraordinary time caught up in a life and death struggle. The documents show bluntly and brutally how the Russian Revolution under Stalin ate its own children." Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Chicago