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French Communism, 1920-1972
French Communism, 1920-1972
425 pages, Hardcover
First published October 15, 1974
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January 19, 2023
not the worst book i've read on french communism - at least it treats it as its own independent phenomenon and not a puppet of moscow (mostly). i thought the chapter on counter-community was most interesting, and there was a decent level of detail to the arguments.
however, most of the book felt like an echoing of what annie kriegel has already written, but with a doubling down on the 'people only turn to communism out of protest/desperation' line. as well, the idea that the bolsheviks acted entirely as a clandestine group of professional revolutionaries has been well challenged in the 50 odd years since this was written.
however, most of the book felt like an echoing of what annie kriegel has already written, but with a doubling down on the 'people only turn to communism out of protest/desperation' line. as well, the idea that the bolsheviks acted entirely as a clandestine group of professional revolutionaries has been well challenged in the 50 odd years since this was written.
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