This study, based on an extensive program of interviewing former
American, British, French, and Italian Communists, provides many
answers to these questions and gives a convincing insight into the
motivations, tensions, and loyalties of Party members. First, the
book examines Communist literature (the Lenin and Stalin classics
and current Party media) to see what the Communists themselves
expect of their movement. Then it shows whether this ideal is
realized by the people who have "been through it." The final
sections, which follow the interviews closely, reveal what actually
happens to people when they join, while they are in the Party, and
after they leave. Originally published in 1954. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
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