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Authority and Control in International Communism - 1917-1967 (Paperback, New)
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Authority and Control in International Communism - 1917-1967 (Paperback, New)
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Contrary to the American public image of international communism as
monolithic, the history of communism has been one of increasingly
frequent deviation and dissension--punctuated by a process of
defection and expulsion of individuals and entire national parties.
In examining the fragmentation of communism as a movement, Bernard
S. Morris focuses on the breakdown of its structure of authority as
exercised through the organs of control. He analyzes factors
contributing to the initial cohesion and later disintegration of
the communist movement. The author demonstrates how the artificial
attempt to maintain the Marxian vision of world revolution through
the agency of the Soviet system faltered and ultimately failed. He
shows how tensions between communist doctrine and foreign policy,
coupled with the unexpected viability of the capitalist system in
the West, accelerated pluralism within the communist movement. This
led to Yugoslavia's assertion of independence, the rise of
polycentrism in the post-Stalinist era, and the Russo-Chinese
split. As we have seen, it ultimately led to the demise of the
Soviet Union itself. Morris contends that the collapse of
international communist unity underscores the inexorable hold of
nationalism on human loyalties. He points out that American
policy's obsession with international communism frustrated the
development of a realistic policy toward radical nationalist
movements which, because they were identified with communism,
became equally suspect. Written by an experienced scholar and
political analyst, this highly informative work skillfully balances
a chronological account with a searching examination of the
evolution and gradual disintegration of the dream of world
revolution.
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