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Maurice Thorez : a biography / John Bulaitis.
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Bulaitis, John
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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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Politicians
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France
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Biography
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Communists
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France
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Biography
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Parti communiste français
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History
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Thorez, Maurice 1900-1964
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Biographies
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Series
Communist lives ; 4.
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Communist lives ; volume 4
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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.
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9781845117252 ((hardback))
1845117255
LCCN
2020414050
OCLC
1033617112
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