The Communist Movement Since 1945 Paperback - 1998 - 1st Edition
by Willie Thompson
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- Title The Communist Movement Since 1945
- Author Willie Thompson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 274
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Blackwell Publishers, UK
- Date 1998
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 158300
- ISBN 9780631199694 / 0631199691
- Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.60 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Communism, World politics - 1945-1989
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97008617
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.532
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From the rear cover
The book opens with an assessment of the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. This was a time characterized by the spread of Soviet influence in Europe, communist-inspired colonial revolt, the Cold War and the use by Stalin of terror as an instrument of rule. The author then considers such issues as the process of destalinization after 1953, the hopes raised by Soviet technological breakthroughs, the pressures from the West in a bipolar world, and the schism in the communist world following the dispute between Soviet and Chinese leaderships.
The second part of the book examines the successes and failures of the various communist regimes and their impact on the non-ruling communist parties. It also considers the spread of communist influence in the developing world. The book charts the breakdown in the Soviet bloc from the 1980s and, finally, it assesses the extent to which the collapse of communism by the 1990s was inevitable.
