| Stalin and German Communism: A Study in the Origins of the State Party Contributor(s): Fischer, Ruth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138533432 ISBN-13: 9781138533431 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties - History |
| Physical Information: 723 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Through her long involvement in the German Communist party, Ruth Fischer amassed valuable material on its changing fortunes, the transformation of the Bolshevik party into a totalitarian dictatorship, and the degeneration of the Comintern. Drawing on this material and on her own vivid recollections, Fischer reconstructs the history of the German Communist party from 1918 to 1929. First published in 1948, this fundamental work opened up the study of the inner organizational life of a major revolutionary movement. In his introduction to the Social Science Classics edition, John Leggett reviews and summarizes the social, political, and economic issues and events that precipitated the revolution and those factors that contributed to its failure. |