Karl Radek on China: Documents from the Former Secret Soviet Archives

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The collection of archival documents Karl Radek on China reflects the views of one of the major Soviet China specialists, activists of the Russian revolutionary movement, and leaders of the Trotskyist Opposition, Karl Bernhardovich Radek (1885-1939). The documents present an original conception of the history of China from ancient times to the twentieth century as well as a delineation of the fundamental political problems of China in the 1920s. The appendices contain letters from Trotsky to Radek as well as the 'Chronological Information' of Zinoviev and Trotsky, outlining the most important stages of the struggle of the United Left Opposition against the Stalinist majority in the AUCP(b) regarding problems of the Chinese revolution. None of the documents have ever been published in English. ‎Contents......Page 9 ‎Preface......Page 11 ‎Abbreviations......Page 12 ‎Karl Radek – Sinologist (by Pantsov)......Page 15 ‎Chapter 1. On the Fundamentals of Communist Policy in China......Page 30 ‎Chapter 2. History of the Revolutionary Movement in China: The 1926–7 Lecture Course......Page 36 ‎Chapter 3. Controversial Questions of Chinese History: Lecture to the Society of Marxist Historians......Page 222 ‎Chapter 4. On the International Situation of China......Page 240 ‎Chapter 5. Driving Forces of the Chinese Revolution: Lecture to the Communist Academy......Page 262 ‎Chapter 6. Concluding Word to the Lecture ‘Driving Forces of the Chinese Revolution’......Page 297 ‎Chapter 7. The ‘Betrayal’ of the National Movement by the Chinese Upper Bourgeoisie......Page 320 ‎Chapter 8. Speech at the Institute of World Economy and World Politics of the Communist Academy during the Discussion of the Lecture by L.N. Geller on the Chinese Workers’ Movement......Page 384 ‎Chapter 9. A New Stage in the Chinese Revolution: From Chiang Kai-shek to Wang Jingwei......Page 399 ‎Appendix 1. Letter from L.D. Trotsky to K.B. Radek......Page 433 ‎Appendix 2. Letter from L.D. Trotsky to K.B. Radek......Page 434 ‎Appendix 3. Facts and Documents Which Should Be Available for Verification by Every Member of the AUCP(b) and the Whole Comintern: Chronological Information......Page 437 ‎Biographical Dictionary......Page 448 ‎Works Cited......Page 485 ‎Bibliography of the Published Works of K.B. Radek on China and Literature about K.B. Radek......Page 496 ‎Index......Page 504