In:
Journal of American Studies, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 23, No. 3 ( 1989-12), p. 375-393
Abstract:
The disintegration of the American Communist Party in the Cold War years is normally ascribed to the repression mounted by most liberals together with the McCarthyites, followed by the general crisis of the international communist movement in 1956 provoked by de-Stalinization and the invasion of Hungary. The recent new histories of the CPUSA, which deal primarily with the 1930s, have replaced the view of the Party as an essentially passive agent directed by Moscow and filled with powerhungry leaders and politically-innocent members by one which sees it as composed of politically-conscious ordinary Americans who were active elements in a society in which they were rooted. This new perspective, which accepts communism as a legitimate part of the United States experience, for the most part sees CP developments in the thirties as constructive.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0021-8758
,
1469-5154
DOI:
10.1017/S0021875800004035
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1989
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1466472-0
SSG:
7,26
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