03886nam 2200613 450 991082721330332120230803204409.00-19-101502-4(CKB)3710000000222392(EBL)1767696(SSID)ssj0001375401(PQKBManifestationID)11797188(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001375401(PQKBWorkID)11335650(PQKB)11025967(MiAaPQ)EBC1767696(Au-PeEL)EBL1767696(CaPaEBR)ebr10909668(CaONFJC)MIL637430(OCoLC)888351741(EXLCZ)99371000000022239220140831h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe global revolution a history of international communism 1917-1991 /Silvio Pons ; translated by Allan CameronFirst edition.Oxford, England :Oxford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (401 p.)Oxford Studies in Modern European HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-06179-3 0-19-965762-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; The Global Revolution; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Prologue: War and Revolution; 1 Time of Revolution (1917-1923); Lenin, the Soviet State, and the Comintern; Victory in Russia, Defeat in Europe; The Birth of the Communist Parties; The End of European Revolution; 2 Time of the State (1924-1939); World Revolution and 'Socialism in One Country'; Between East and West; Stalin, the 'Revolution from above', and the Psychosis of War; Communists and Anti-fascism; The Total-Security State; The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact; 3 Time of War (1939-1945); The Alliance with HitlerThe Patriotic War and the End of the CominternSpheres of Influence, National Fronts, and 'People's Democracy'; Victory without Revolution; 4 Time of Empire (1945-1953); The Birth of the 'External Empire'; The Founding of the Cominform; The Break between the USSR and Yugoslavia; Revolution in China and War in Korea; The 'Revolution from above' in Eastern and Central Europe and the Pacifist Mobilization; Communists and the Cold War; 5 Time of Decline (1953-1968); The Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe; The End of Communist UnityExpansion in the Third World and the Rift between the Soviet Union and ChinaThe Limits upon Soviet Influence; 6 Time of Crisis (1968-1991); 1968 and the Prague Spring; The Break-Up of the Movement; The Global Superpower; Eurocommunism; The Crisis of Legitimacy; Reform and Collapse; Epilogue: The End of Soviet and European Communism in World History; References; IndexThe Global Revolution. A History of International Communism 1917-1991 establishes a relationship between the history of communism and the main processes of globalization in the past century. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources, Silvio Pons analyses the multifaceted and contradictory relationship between the Soviet Union and the international communist movement, to show how communism played a major part in the formation of our modern world.The volume presents the argument that during the age of wars from 1914 to 1945, the establishment of the Soviet state in Russia and the birth of the commOxford studies in modern European history.International relationsInternational relations.324.1Pons Silvio165485Cameron AllanMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827213303321The global revolution3935152UNINA