The Party : The Communist Party of Australia from heyday to reckoning / Macintyre, Stuart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacIntyre, Stuart, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--Australia--History.

Communism.

Politics and government.

Communist Party of Australia.

Australia--Politics and government--1901-1945.

Australia.

Australia--Politics and government--1945-.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

512 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022.

Summary:

Communism was unlike any other political movement Australia has ever seen. At its peak in the 1940s, unions led by communists could call a strike that paralysed the nation, and communists influenced the highest level of government and commanded the unswerving loyalty of thousands. It showed working men and women they could have a better life, and gave them the tools to achieve it. Stuart Macintyre reveals how sources of strength in the party's heyday became the undoing of the party over the following two decades. Unconditional support for the Soviet model broke down as the horrors of Stalinism were revealed. Public support for the party eroded during a series of strikes, and hostility from mainstream politics and security services took a toll. But for those who remained, the comradeship and intense political engagement are the strongest memories. The Party is the second volume of Stuart Macintyre's masterful history of Australian communism.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Illegality, 1940

41

2. Underground, 1940

42

3. The Leading War Party, 1942

45

4. Headwinds, 1943

5. The Offensive, 1945

49

6. The Chill, 1947

7. Showdown, 1949

50

8. Survival, 1950

55

9. Revival? 1950

56

10. A House Divided, 1956

60

11. Cannot Stand, 1960

70.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781760875183

176087518X

OCLC:

1284808886

Publisher Number:

99991206992