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Books : The Secret World of American Communism (Annals of Communism Series)In association with Amazon.com Amazon.com's Price: $55.00 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 320.5320973 EAN: 9780300061833 ISBN: 0300061838 Label: Yale University Press Manufacturer: Yale University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 380 Publication Date: March 20, 1995 Publisher: Yale University Press Studio: Yale University Press Sales Rank: 542453 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Book Description: For the first time, the hidden world of American communism can be examined with the help of documents from the recently opened archives of the former Soviet Union. Interweaving narrative and documents, the authors of this book present a convincing new picture of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), providing proof that it was involved in espionage and other subversive activities. At the same time, they disclose fascinating details about the workings of the party and about the ordinary Americans and CPUSA leaders who participated in its clandestine activities. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Demonstrates deep Soviet involvement in American CommunismThis is another terrific volume in that valuable and terrific series - "The Annals of Communism". The 92 documents provided in this book demonstrate clearly the way that American communism was used by the Soviet Union as a base of intelligence gathering. This is not to say that every American communist was disloyal, but that the funding and organization was provided from Moscow for purposes far from merely ideological. There is also a very good discussion of the Soviet involvement in ... Read More Rating: - Brief introduction to documentary evidenceAs the authors make clear in the introduction, this book presents only a handful of thousands of documents regarding American communism which they found in ex-Soviet archives. The authors note that most scholorship of the fifties, sixties and seventies painted a fairly accurate picture of American communism. According to this picture, well documented here, the Soviet Union used the American communist parties as tools for Soviet foriegn policy. To that end, the Soviet Union funded the parties, ... Read More Rating:  - These Guys Really Love Joe McCarthyKlehr, Haynes and Firsov are using this Anals of Communism series to continue Senator Joseph McCarthy's fight against McCarthyism. If you loved Joe, you will love these books. If you thought Joe was blowing a lot of steam about what should have been private political decisions, then you will not find much of interest here. Here is the scoop: Klerh, Haynes & Firsov do a little bit of digging in some KGB and other Russian archives and they find some documents indicating that the Soviet Union ... Read More Rating: - Meanwhile back in the archiveTwo scholars and interpreters deep in the Comintern archive. You get Morris Cohen's application to join the International Brigades. Primary source evidence of Soviet control of CPUSA and the cross pollinization into intelligence and information gathering. A must read for Comintern addicts. Rating:  - An excellent book! A real eye-opener.This book should result in the rewriting of some aspects of our history. The idea that American Communists were just trying to create Socialism in America with "guidance" from their fraternal brothers and sisters in Russia is a blatent lie: as the authors show, the CPUSA was a puppet for the Soviets, doing their bidding. Particularly disturbing was the aspect of Americans attending military courses while in Moscow and wearing Red Army uniforms. A dark chapter in American history unveiled. Browse for similar items by category:
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