This study, based on an extensive program of interviewing former
American, British, French, and Italian Communists, provides many
answers to these questions and gives a convincing insight into the
motivations, tensions, and loyalties of Party members. First, the book
examines Communist literature (the Lenin and Stalin classics and
current Party media) to see what the Communists themselves expect of
their movement. Then it shows whether this ideal is realized by the
people who have "been through it." The final sections, which follow
the interviews closely, reveal what actually happens to people when
they join, while they are in the Party, and after they leave.
Originally published in 1954. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback and
hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to
vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its
founding in 1905.
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9781400876747
Publisert
2016
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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