The death of the KPD : communism and anti-communism in West Germany, 1945-1956

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Major, Patrick, Author.

Series:

• Oxford historical monographs.
• Oxford historical monographs The death of the KPD

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands--History.
• Communism--History--Germany (West).
• Germany (West)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 335 p.).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

• Death of the KPD, The: Communism and Anti-Communism in West Germany, 1945-1956. Oxford Historical Monographs
• death of the KPD
• Oxford historical monographs

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why was the West German Communist Party banned in 1956, only 11 years after it emerged from Nazi persecution? This book uses material from Communist archives in the former GDR and Western intelligence, to trace the final decline and fall of the once-powerful KPD.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-80173-5

OCLC:

1027145295