Earl Browder: The Failure of American CommunismUniversity of Alabama Press, 1997 - 332 pages Earl Browder was the preeminent Communist party leader in the United States in the 20th century. A Kansas native and veteran of numerous radical movements, Browder was peculiarly fitted by circumstance and temperament to head "the cause" during its heyday, the critical years of the Great Depression and World War II. In this new biography James Ryan shows Browder as a man of many contradictions. He was shy but sought publicity. He prided himself on being a Stalinist, yet viewed himself as a loyal American. He moved up within the structure of the organization (the CPUSA or CP) by anticipating changes in the party line, but believed he could assert his individuality without recrimination. In writing this book, James Ryan investigated recently opened annals in the Soviet Archives. These records included a collection of American Communist party files covering the period of 1919 to 1944, which were secretly shipped to Moscow and until 1992 only rumored to have existed. Ryan also consulted the Browder Papers at Syracuse University and U.S. government documents, particularly FBI files. Ryan's comprehensive biography sheds new light on both the life of Earl Browder and the workings of the Communist party in the United States during its peak of popularity. His research suggests that Browder's life represents a middle ground between two competing interpretations of the party. The traditional view, developed in the 1950s, has stressed the Soviet-dominated mind-set of CP leaders. By contrast, the revisionist school, dominant among academic historians between 1975 and 1995, has emphasized home-grown roots and domestic concerns. Ryan shows convincingly that Browder blended elements of both, thuscalling for a new view of American Communism during this period. |
À l'intérieur du livre
12 pages contenant Bittelman dans ce livre
Où puis-je trouver l'intégralité de ce livre ?
Résultats 1-3 sur 12
Table des matières
No More Traditions Chain Shall Bind Us 19301933 | 39 |
THREE | 55 |
A Better Movement in Birth? 19341935 | 76 |
Droits d'auteur | |
13 autres sections non affichées
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Expressions et termes fréquents
actions American Communism American Communist Anticommunism April attorney August began Brow Browder speech cadres campaign capitalist Comintern Committee Communist party comrades Congress considered CPUSA CPUSA-Comintern Daily Worker Darcy December delo Democratic denounced Department displayed DJNA documents Duclos Earl Browder Fall of American Farmer-Labor fascist February federal Firsov foreign Foster Georgi Dimitrov Gil Green Haynes historian Hitler Hoover Jaffe January Jay Lovestone Joseph Joseph Stalin July June labor later leader leadership Lovestone March Marxist ment Moscow movement National Nazi Nazi-Soviet pact never nist November October October 22 opis 72 organization party's passport Polburo political Popular Front president prison proletarian radical Raissa Republican Robert Minor role Roosevelt Russian Ryan September social Socialist sought Soviet Stalin Starobin TD/Browder Teheran thousand tion tional Trotskyists union United USSR victory votes Weinstone William William Z World York
Références à ce livre
Class Against Class: The Communist Party in Britain Between the Wars Matthew Worley Aucun aperçu disponible - 2002 |
Jayhawker Justice: Federal Prosecution of the Industrial Workers of the ... William R. Walker Affichage d'extraits - 2002 |