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Stalin and the French Communist Party, 1941-1947

Alfred J. Rieber

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Description:This study analyzes the relationship, during the war against Hitler and the immediate postwar years, between official Soviet policy and the activities and the statements of a Communist party outside the area controlled by the Soviet Union. The French Communist Party, one of the largest and most active Communist Parties in western Europe, won a strong position within France by its sacrifices first in the Resistance and then in the national effort of reconstruction. It failed, however, to use its position to advance either its own interests or those of the Soviet Union. Professor Rieber's book throws light both on the causes of the French Communists' failure and on the strategy and tactics of Soviet foreign policy during a crucial period of history.The story is carried from the day Stalin called for a united front of peoples against Fascism - making it possible to be at once a patriotic Frenchman and a militant Communist - to the day when the French Communists immediately after the founding of the Cominform, adopted a resolution which rejected collaboration with the Socialists and cooperation among the great powers. It shows the French Communists maintaining their allegiance to the Soviet brand of revolutionary Marxism and using every political means to prepare the way for revolution; it also shows how their support of the twists and turns of Soviet policy helped frustrate their aims within France.Sources for this book include unusual interviews with high-ranking French officials, former members of the French Communist Party, and Resistance leaders; as well as unpublished, official material on Communist activities in France, recently published Soviet diplomatic documents on relations with France, material from Soviet periodicals not available in the West, and unpublished, unofficial archival material on the Communist penetration of the Resistance movement.Alfred J. Rieber is Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Stalin and the French Communist Party, 1941-1947. To get started finding Stalin and the French Communist Party, 1941-1947, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 395

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Publisher: Columbia University Press

Release: 1962

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Description: This study analyzes the relationship, during the war against Hitler and the immediate postwar years, between official Soviet policy and the activities and the statements of a Communist party outside the area controlled by the Soviet Union. The French Communist Party, one of the largest and most active Communist Parties in western Europe, won a strong position within France by its sacrifices first in the Resistance and then in the national effort of reconstruction. It failed, however, to use its position to advance either its own interests or those of the Soviet Union. Professor Rieber's book throws light both on the causes of the French Communists' failure and on the strategy and tactics of Soviet foreign policy during a crucial period of history.The story is carried from the day Stalin called for a united front of peoples against Fascism - making it possible to be at once a patriotic Frenchman and a militant Communist - to the day when the French Communists immediately after the founding of the Cominform, adopted a resolution which rejected collaboration with the Socialists and cooperation among the great powers. It shows the French Communists maintaining their allegiance to the Soviet brand of revolutionary Marxism and using every political means to prepare the way for revolution; it also shows how their support of the twists and turns of Soviet policy helped frustrate their aims within France.Sources for this book include unusual interviews with high-ranking French officials, former members of the French Communist Party, and Resistance leaders; as well as unpublished, official material on Communist activities in France, recently published Soviet diplomatic documents on relations with France, material from Soviet periodicals not available in the West, and unpublished, unofficial archival material on the Communist penetration of the Resistance movement.Alfred J. Rieber is Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Stalin and the French Communist Party, 1941-1947. To get started finding Stalin and the French Communist Party, 1941-1947, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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