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The new Jacobins: the French Communist Party and the Popular Front

By Daniel , Brower

Book information

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Year
1968
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12919542 bytes)
Pages
0\306
Time added
2021-02-06 12:49:27

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Preface v I. “Class against Class” i The Comintern and Joseph Stalin 2 The Crisis of the French Republic 22 II.The New “United Front from Above” 31 The “February Days” 31 The Return to Intransigence 38 Comintern Intervention 47 III. From the United Front to the Popular Front 68 To the Masses 69 Elections, Pacts, and Politics 85 IV. The Political Coalition 100 The Formation of the Popular Front 101 Parliamentary Deceptions and Electoral Triumph 122 V. Under Socialist Rule 139 The Mass Movement 140 The French Front 156 “Planes for Spain!” 162 VI.The Year of Deception 179 “Loyal Support” 179 The Chautemps Deception 192 VII.The Popular Front Abandoned 208 The Slow Transition 208 The Failure of Unity 215 VIII.The Communist Party and the Popular Front 233 Selected Bibliography 248 Index 261

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