Maurice Thorez : a biography / John Bulaitis.

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Bulaitis, John [Browse]
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English
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London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
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xi, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-339) and index.
    Contents
    • 1 Young Man in a Hurry p. 14
    • Childhood in a mining community p. 15
    • Teenage refugee p. 21
    • The birth of French communism p. 25
    • Private Maurice Thorez p. 29
    • Young militant p. 31
    • Member of the left faction p. 35
    • Regional leader p. 39
    • Trade unionist p. 42
    • 2 The Hesitant Revolutionary p. 45
    • Lyon Congress p. 46
    • Maurice Thorez: Trotskyist? p. 49
    • 'Notre bon collaborateur' p. 50
    • In the Russian capital p. 54
    • Campaign against war in Morocco p. 57
    • Maurice Thorez: Zinovievist? p. 59
    • Stalin against Thorez p. 64
    • Lille Congress p. 65
    • Nord by-election p. 67
    • 3 Class against Class p. 70
    • Clash with Bukharin p. 72
    • Championing 'Class against Class' p. 74
    • Fugitive p. 79
    • Political prisoner p. 81
    • The 'turn' of 1930 p. 84
    • Letter of resignation p. 87
    • The Barbé-Celor affair p. 91
    • Towards the Popular Front? p. 92
    • 'Allow Maurice a rest' p. 97
    • 4 Popular Front p. 100
    • February days p. 101
    • 'Listen carefully, Maurice' p. 105
    • People's Front p. 108
    • The Popular Front government p. 113
    • Spanish solidarity p. 117
    • A time of heroisation p. 121
    • 'Party of government' p. 126
    • 5 Exile in the Promised Land p. 131
    • 'Profound inner turmoil' p. 131
    • An 'unjust imperialist war' p. 134
    • Deserting the army p. 136
    • La Barbe p. 137
    • A second melody p. 140
    • Negotiations with the occupier p. 143
    • National Front for national liberation p. 145
    • A family in wartime p. 147
    • Ufa p. 149
    • Disbanding the Comintern p. 152
    • The long return p. 155
    • 6 In the Corridors of Power p. 162
    • Bat de of production p. 163
    • 'Thorez to Power' p. 167
    • Minister of State p. 169
    • 'Absolute Monarchy' p. 172
    • The Times interview p. 175
    • Expelled from government p. 178
    • Szklarska-Poreba p. 182
    • 7 The Party of Maurice Thorez p. 185
    • Scapegoating Marty p. 186
    • Seeking reassurance from Stalin p. 190
    • 'Insurrectional' strikes, 1947-48 p. 192
    • 'Peace hangs on a knife-edge' p. 195
    • Fiftieth birthday p. 200
    • Illness p. 203
    • 'Il revient il revient il vient il va venir' (Louis Aragon) p. 208
    • A new routine p. 211
    • The Lecoeur affair p. 215
    • Back to the thirties p. 216
    • 8 The Trauma of 1956 p. 220
    • At the Twentieth Congress p. 221
    • Reinterpreting the Secret Speech p. 224
    • Seeking advice from Togliatti p. 225
    • The fight against 'byrth-contrôle' p. 227
    • The May Central Committee p. 230
    • The report attributed to Khrushchev' p. 232
    • Polish October and Hungarian November p. 237
    • 'A senile incapacity to rise to the level of the event' p. 239
    • International communist diplomat p. 242
    • 9 Algeria and de Gaulle p. 247
    • Thorez and inter-war Algeria p. 249
    • 'The part and the whole' p. 251
    • De Gaulle: 'a personal dictatorship that opens the way to fascism' p. 255
    • 'I remain, but against my will' p. 258
    • The Casanova-Servin affair p. 261
    • Thorez and Khrushchev p. 269
    • 10 Final Years and Legacy p. 274
    • 'Common programme, not communist programme' p. 274
    • 'Stalinism weighs heavily on us' p. 277
    • Modernising the party p. 279
    • In defence of French art p. 281
    • President Maurice Thorez p. 284
    • Legacy p. 286.
    ISBN
    • 9781845117252 ((hardback))
    • 1845117255
    LCCN
    2020414050
    OCLC
    1033617112
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