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Which socialism, whose détente? : West European communism and the Czechoslovak crisis, 1968 / Maud Bracke.

Title
Which socialism, whose détente? : West European communism and the Czechoslovak crisis, 1968 / Maud Bracke.
Author
Bracke, Maud
Publication
Budapest ; New York : CEU Press/Central European University Press, 2007.

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Description
414 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"This study analyzes the impact of the Czechoslovak crisis of 1968 - the Prague Spring the Soviet led invasion of the country in August of that year and the subsequent process of re-alignment and "normalization"--The two most influential communist parties of Western Europe - the Italian PCI and the French PCF." "It links these events to the broader issues that these parties were facing: the question of revolution or reform, the legacy of Stalinism, and the contradictions of Soviet-aligned "internationalism." These key problems were situated in different contexts: the rise of East-West detente, crisis and division in the Soviet-aligned communist world, and the rapid modernization of West European societies and economies." "This work sheds new light on a crucial phase in the history of the West European Left, and particularly on the complex ways in which Cold War developments impacted on it. The research is based on the study of large archive collections, particularly the internal records of various European communist parties."--Jacket.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Partito comunista d'Italia
  • Parti communiste français
  • Geschichte 1956-1979
  • Geschichte 1968
  • Geschichte 1970-1979
  • 1968
  • Geschichte 1956-1979
  • Geschichte 1968
  • Communism > Europe
  • Czechoslovakia > History > Intervention, 1968
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-404) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
West European Communism and internationalism theoretical and analytical framework -- I: West Europe Communism and internationalism, 1956-1967 -- West European Communism and the changes of 1956 -- II: The Prague spring, the invasion, the dissent -- West European communism and the Prague spring: reform and détente -- Invasion, dissent, crisis -- Normalization and realignment -- III: Internationalism after Czechoslovakia -- Resetting internationalism 1969-1970 -- Internationalism and Eurocommunism in the 1970s -- General conclusions: Internationalism, détente, revolution.
ISBN
  • 9789637326943 (cloth)
  • 9637326944 (cloth)
LCCN
^^2007010505
OCLC
  • 86038360
  • SCSB-12005857
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library