Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-351) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Prologue: War and revolution -- Time of revolution (1917-1923) -- Time of the state (1924-1939) -- Time of war (1939-1945) -- Time of empire (1945-1953) -- Time of decline (1953-1968) -- Time of crisis (1968-1991) ; Epilogue: The end of Soviet and European communism in world history.
Summary:
"Establishes a relationship between the history of communism and the main processes of globalization in the past century. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources, Silvio Pons analyses the multifaceted and contradictory relationship between the Soviet Union and the international communist movement, to show how communism played a major part in the formation of our modern world."--Back cover
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