Maurice Thorez
Title | Maurice Thorez PDF eBook |
Author | John Bulaitis |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2018-04-30 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1786733684 |
Maurice Thorez (1900-1964) was a major figure in the history of twentieth-century France and European Communism for over three decades. Under his leadership, the French Communist Party (PCF) became France's largest political party and one of the most important communist parties in the West. Born in a mining village, Thorez left school at the age of 12 and would go on to helm the PCF in a rapid rise that paralleled Stalin's consolidation of power in the Soviet Union. After World War II, he became a minister, and briefly deputy prime minister, before the Cold War excluded communists from political power. The PCF became known as 'the party of Maurice Thorez', as a leader cult around Thorez was created that mirrored the cult of personality' around Stalin. This book is based on a wealth of original source material, including Thorez's diaries and notebooks. John Bulaitis outlines how Thorez's political life intersected with and was shaped by key historical events. At its heart, the book explores the paradox of the mass communist movement in France: its ability to fuse attachment to the French nation with fervent loyalty to the Soviet Union and Stalinist practices.
France Today and Tomorrow
Title | France Today and Tomorrow PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Thorez |
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Pages | 26 |
Release | 1945 |
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France Today and Tomorrow
Title | France Today and Tomorrow PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Thorez |
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Release | 1945 |
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Maurice Thorez
Title | Maurice Thorez PDF eBook |
Author | Vivian Pauline Gardner |
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Pages | 512 |
Release | 1966 |
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Maurice Thorez and the French Communist Party Before the Second World War
Title | Maurice Thorez and the French Communist Party Before the Second World War PDF eBook |
Author | George Roger Hamilton |
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Release | 1961 |
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France To-day and the People's Front, by Maurice Thorez. Translated from the French Manuscript by Emile Burns
Title | France To-day and the People's Front, by Maurice Thorez. Translated from the French Manuscript by Emile Burns PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Thorez |
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Pages | 255 |
Release | 1936 |
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France of the People's Front and Its Mission in the World, by Maurice Thorez,... [Foreword by Alexander Trachtenberg.].
Title | France of the People's Front and Its Mission in the World, by Maurice Thorez,... [Foreword by Alexander Trachtenberg.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Thorez |
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Pages | 128 |
Release | 1938 |
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