| Which Socialism, Whose Detente?: West European Communism and the Czechoslovak Crisis of 1968 Contributor(s): Bracke, Maud (Author) |
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ISBN: 9637326944 ISBN-13: 9789637326943 Publisher: Central European University Press OUR PRICE: $105.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Analyzes the impact of the Czechoslavak crisis of 1968-69 on the Italian and French communist parties. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 324.244 |
| LCCN: 2007010505 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.41" W x 9.25" (1.57 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study analyzes the impact of the Czechoslovak crisis of 1968-1969 on the two major communist parties in the West: the Italian and French ones. Discusses the central strategic and ideological tensions which these parties needed to deal with: domestic belonging versus allegiance to the world communist movement, doctrinal orthodoxy in a context of rapid societal changes, and the question of revolution and reform. These key problems were situated in different contexts: the crisis in the "world communist movement" after 1956 and the Sino-Soviet rift, socio-economic modernization and political radicalization in Western Europe, and the shift from Cold War to early détente on the European continent. The research for this work is based on the study of a large collection of recently released primary sources, particularly, the internal records of various communist parties in Europe. |