British and American anticommunism before the Cold War / Markku Ruotsila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruotsila, Markku.

Series:

Cass series--Cold War history 1471-3829 ; 3.

Cass series--Cold War history, 1471-3829 ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.

Anti-communist movements.

History.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Anti-communist movements--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2001.

Contents:

Part I Formation of the Anticommunist Frameworks, 1880-1917

1 Conservatives and the Rise of Socialism 3

2 Liberal Roads to Social Democracy 22

3 Assessments of Bolshevism 40

4 Origins of the Totalitarian Image 54

Part II Forging Anticommunist Programmes of Action, 1918-21

5 Roads to Social Control 69

6 Roads to Self-Control 91

7 Refusals to Intervene 116

8 Interpretations and Implementations 137

Part III Combating the Collectivist Ascendancy, 1921-47

9 Reassessments of Bolshevism 161

10 Antecedents of Containment 180

11 Early Travails of the Welfare State 199

12 The Renascence of Conservative Anticommunism 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-270) and index.

ISBN:

0714651605

0714681776

0714651591

OCLC:

45639095