| American Communism and Soviet Russia Contributor(s): Draper, Theodore (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0765805316 ISBN-13: 9780765805317 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: This companion volume to "The Roots of American Communism" brings to completion what the author describes as the essence of the relationship of American Communism to Soviet Russia in the first decade after the Bolsheviks seized power. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 335.430 |
| LCCN: 2003040222 |
| Physical Information: 1.54" H x 6.66" W x 8.52" (2.19 lbs) 626 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This companion volume to The Roots of American Communism brings to completion what the author describes as the essence of the relationship of American Communism to Soviet Russia in the first decade after the Bolsheviks seized power. The outpouring of new archive materials makes it plain that Draper's premise is direct and to the point: The communist movement "was transformed from a new expression of American radicalism to the American appendage of a Russian revolutionary power." Each generation must find this out for itself, and no better guide exists than the work of master historian Theodore Draper. American Communism and Soviet Russia is acknowledged to be the classic, authoritative history of the critical formative period of the American Communist Party. Based on confidential minutes of the top party committees, interviews with party leaders, and public records, this book carefully documents the influence of the Soviet Union on the fundamental nature of American Communism. Draper's reflections on that period in this edition are a fitting capstone to this pioneering effort. |
Contributor Bio(s): Draper, Theodore: - Theodore Draper is the author of many books on contemporary politics and international relations. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Both The Roots of American Communism and American Communism and Soviet Russia were commissioned by the Fund for the Republic series on Communism in American Life edited by Clinton Rossiter. |