The Comintern

by Hallas, Duncan

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Title Statements

Full title :The Comintern / Duncan Hallas.

Summary

"The Comintern, or Communist International, was created after the victory of the 1917 Russian Revolution. The early years of the Comintern were marked by astounding success. Standing firmly on the principles of internationalism, anti-imperialism, and worker's power, the debates and resolutions of the Comintern provide valuable lessons in strategy and tactics for revolutionaries to this day." "However, as Duncan Hallas explains, an organization that had been founded on revolutionary internationalism and "uncompromising working-class struggle" was transformed, after 1928, into its opposite. The isolation, degeneration, and eventual defeat of the revolution in Russia during the 1920s and the consolidation of a new bureaucracy under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, turned the Comintern into a crude tool of Russian foreign policy." "This compact, accessible introduction to the history of the Comintern is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the legacy of the Communist International and its lessons for international struggles today."--BOOK JACKET.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Haymarket Books
Place of Publication:Chicago, Ill
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

Notes

Originally published : London : Bookmarks, 1985.

The Physical Object

Description:197 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781931859523, 1931859523
oclc:ocn183149365
LC Classification:HX11.I5
Dewey Decimal:324.175

Introduction to the 1985 Edition -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Mass Parties -- 3. Ebb -- 4. 1923: The Crucial Year -- 5. Left Oscillation -- Right Turn -- 6. Third Period -- 7. Terror and the People's Front -- 8. Legacy of the Comintern.