Table of Contents

Part I. Origins; Part II. Patterns and Extensions; Part I. Expansion and Conflict; Part II. Becoming Global, Becoming National.

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A comprehensive study demonstrating the centrality of Communism to the history of the twentieth century from a global perspective.

About the Author

Silvio Pons is Professor of Contemporary History at the Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata'. He is the President of the Gramsci Foundation in Rome and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cold War Studies. Recent publications include Stalin and the Inevitable War (2014); A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Communism (2010) and The Global Revolution. A History of International Communism (2014). He has extensively researched and written on the Cold War, the Soviet Union, European Communism, and global Communism.