Description: "This collection of essays explore new aspects in the history of American Communism, drawing on a range of documents from Moscow and Eastern Europe that were released after the end of the Cold War. Examining traditional subjects in the light of new evidence, they cover a range of topics including party leaders, espionage, campaigns against racism, the Spanish Civil War, communism and gender, and ways in which Communists became Anti-Communists"--
Review Quotes:
"Post-Cold War Revelations and the American Communist Party makes an invaluable contribution to the scholarship on the CPUSA. It is a must read for anyone that wants to understand the complexity of the CPUSA." --Jason Roberts, Professor of History and Government, Quincy College, USA
"'All three editors are well-published...likewise the contributors include many well-established scholars on the subject. The range of the essays themselves in terms of subject matter (agriculture, unions, women, African Americans, espionage, politics) and interpretation bodes well for the finished project. The editors' contention that this is the first volume of essays on the American party since the opening of the archives and the dramatic transformation of the field seems justified. Overall, the proposed volume seems to represent a good bet.'" --James R. Barrett, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA"Post-Cold War Revelations and the American Communist Party makes an invaluable contribution to the scholarship on the CPUSA. It is a must read for anyone that wants to understand the complexity of the CPUSA." --Jason Roberts, Professor of History and Government, Quincy College, USA "All three editors are well-published...likewise the contributors include many well-established scholars on the subject. The range of the essays themselves in terms of subject matter (agriculture, unions, women, African Americans, espionage, politics) and interpretation bodes well for the finished project. The editors' contention that this is the first volume of essays on the American party since the opening of the archives and the dramatic transformation of the field seems justified. Overall, the proposed volume seems to represent a good bet." --James R. Barrett, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA