Table of Contents

Foreword, Part 1: Thompson and the CPGB, Formative moments, 'Premature Revisionism', The Communist Party Historians' Group, Adult education. Part 2: Thompson and the New Left, The Reasoner, The New Reasoner, The Making of Thompson's historiography, The Breaking of Thompson's strategy. Part 3: Thompson and the Peace Movement, Thompson and CND. Part 4: Leaving Babylon. Appendices, Timeline, Biographical Notes. Index.

About the Author

Christos Efstathiou holds a doctorate from the University of London. He is currently Teaching Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Warwick.

Reviews

"Thompson's personal papers are closed to researchers, but Efstathiou's book draws on a wider range of other archival sources than any previous work on Thompson's life and thought and, as a result, throws fresh light on his intellectual and political trajectory." --The Nation