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What did the Russian Revolution mean for the British Labour Party-and the British labor movement generally—in the period 1917-1924? Mr. Graubard here presents a clear and incisive analysis of many aspects of that problem: how the Bolshevik victory influenced the Labour Party's views on foreign policy, particularly with respect to Russian affairs; the story behind the creation of the Communist Party in Great Britain and the Commuiiists' rivalry with the Labour Party; and the Labour Party's attitude towards international communism, as reflected in its efforts to lead and organize the noncommunist socialist parties in a new labor and socialist international.
Mr. Graubard views these and other questions as aspects of a single large question: how did the victory of communism in Russia challenge a socialist party unwilling to accept Marxism but conscious of the necessity of coming to some sort of terms with it? He explores the British Labour Party's record in some detail, and, in doing...
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What did the Russian Revolution mean for the British Labour Party-and the British labor movement generally—in the period 1917-1924? Mr. Graubard here presents a clear and incisive analysis of many aspects of that problem: how the Bolshevik victory influenced the Labour Party's views on foreign policy, particularly with respect to Russian affairs; the story behind the creation of the Communist Party in Great Britain and the Commuiiists' rivalry with the Labour Party; and the Labour Party's attitude towards international communism, as reflected in its efforts to lead and organize the noncommunist socialist parties in a new labor and socialist international.
Mr. Graubard views these and other questions as aspects of a single large question: how did the victory of communism in Russia challenge a socialist party unwilling to accept Marxism but conscious of the necessity of coming to some sort of terms with it? He explores the British Labour Party's record in some detail, and, in doing so, explains why, in the realm of foreign affairs, the Labour Party showed a willingness to accept Soviet Russia, while in the domestic sphere its hostility
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towards the British Communist Party constantly increased. Mr. Graubard traces the effects of this ambivalence on British domestic politics.
British Labour and the Russian Revolution, while chiefly important for students of British affairs, may have a wider significance in that it shows how non-Mar.xist socialist parties fared in the period after the Russian Revolution, and what new challenges the Bolshevik victory posed. The problem faced by the Labour Party in Great Britain was not too different from that faced by socialist parties in other European countries. Thus, in a sense, the book may be treated as a case study of a general European problem.
Persons in many fields will find here important information not otherwise available. The book fills in a significant part of the history of British labor, of World War I, of the immediate postwar years of Anglo-Russian diplomatic relations, and of other independently important subjects.
Stephen Richards Graubard teaches history and general education at Harvard University. This book, his first, is Volume 30 in the distinguished series of Harvard Historical Monographs.
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