Ben Fowkes Livres

Focusing on the early decades of communist rule, this guide examines the attempts to implement a uniform economic and social system in Eastern Europe based on the Soviet model. Dr. Fowkes highlights the local variations that emerged, particularly after Stalin's death, and provides detailed analyses of significant events in Poland and Hungary. The assessment section offers a valuable summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the communist model during its peak, making it an insightful resource for understanding the region's historical complexities.

"The German Left and the Weimar Republic illuminates the history of the political left by presenting a wide range of documents on various aspects of socialist and communist activity in Germany. Separate chapters deal with the policy of Social Democracy in and out of government, the attempts of the Communist Party to overthrow the Weimar Republic, and then later to oppose it. Later chapters move away from the political scene to treat the attitudes of the parties to key social issues, in particular questions of gender and sexuality. The book concludes with a presentation of documents on various groups of socialist and communist dissidents. Many of the documents are made accessible for the first time, and each chapter begins with an original introduction indicating the current state of research."--Back cover.