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The Soviet world of American communism /
The Secret World of American Communism (1995), filled with revelations about Communist party covert operations in the United States, created an international sensation. Now the American authors of that book, along with Soviet archivist Kyrill M. Anderson, offer a second volume of profound social, po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Annals of Communism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Secret World of American Communism (1995), filled with revelations about Communist party covert operations in the United States, created an international sensation. Now the American authors of that book, along with Soviet archivist Kyrill M. Anderson, offer a second volume of profound social, political, and historical importance. Based on documents newly available from Russian archives, The Soviet World of American Communism conclusively demonstrates the continuous and intimate ties between the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) and Moscow. In a meticulous investigation of the personal, organizational, and financial links between the CPUSA and Soviet Communists, the authors find that Moscow maintained extensive control of the CPUSA, even of the American rank and file. The widely accepted view that the CPUSA was essentially an idealistic organization devoted to the pursuit of social justice must be radically revised, say the authors. Although individuals within the organization may not have been aware of Moscow's influence, the leaders of the organization most definitely were. The authors explain and annotate ninety-five documents, reproduced here in their entirety or in large part, and they "e from hundreds of others to reveal the actual workings of the American Communist party. They show that:" the USSR covertly provided a large part of the CPUSA budget from the early 1920's to the end of the 1980's;" Moscow issued orders, which the CPUSA obeyed, on issues ranging from what political decisions the American party should make to who should serve in the party leadership;" the CPUSA endorsed Stalin's purges and the persecution of Americans living in Russia |
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| Notas: | "Prepared with the active support of the Russian Center for the Preservation and Study of Document of Recent History (RTsKhlDNI)"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 378 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585351880 9780585351889 9780300138009 0300138008 9786611735418 6611735410 1281735418 9781281735416 |