Pons, Silvio

The global revolution : a history of international communism, 1917-1991 / Silvio Pons ; translated by Allan Cameron. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]. - xx, 365 p. ; 25 cm. - Oxford studies in modern European history . - Oxford studies in modern European history. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-351) and index.

Introduction -- Prologue : War and revolution -- Time of revolution (1917-1923) -- Time of the state (1924-1939) -- Time of war (1939-1945) -- Time of empire (1945-1953) -- Time of decline (1953-1968) -- Time of crisis (1968-1991) ; Epilogue : The end of Soviet and European communism in world history.

"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."--Back cover.

9780199657629 (hardback) 0199657629 (hardback)

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Communist International--History.
Internacional Comunista--Historia.


Communism--History--20th century.
Comunismo--Historia.

HX 40 / P798g 2014

335.4