The British Communist Party and Moscow, 1920-43
The relationship between the British Communist Party and Soviet Communism is one of perennial fascination. In this text Thorpe makes extensive use of available sources to offer a new view of this most controversial of topics.
Print Book, English, 2000
Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2000
History
xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
9780719053122, 0719053129
1027301109
The international and national contexts for revolution - 1917-1945; Moscow and the formation of the CPGB; from BSP mark II to "bolshevised communist party" - 1920-1923; struggling to make an impact - 1923-1925; the united front in retreat - 1926-1927; the coming of class against class - 1927-1929; the zenith of class against class - 1929-1932; towards a wider unity - 1932-1935; the popular front - 1935-1939; the CPGB in the Second World War - 1939-1945; Appendices: Representatives in Moscow - 1920-1945; CPGB membership - 1920-1946; distribution of CPGB membership between districts; CI congresses and plenums and CPGB congresses - 1919-1945.