The PCI between 1948 and 1956: Four perspectives on vol. VII of thestoria del PCI
Autor: | Donald Sassoon, Piero Ignazi, Stephen Hellman, Franco Andreucci |
---|---|
Rok vydání: | 1999 |
Předmět: | |
Zdroj: | Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 4:380-404 |
ISSN: | 1469-9583 1354-571X |
DOI: | 10.1080/13545719908455019 |
Popis: | Giovanni Gozzini and Renzo Martinelli (1998) Storia del Partito comunista ‘italiano. VII. Dall'attentato a Togliatti all'VIII Congresso (Turin: Giulio Einaudi Editore), pp. i‐xviii, 1–659, 80,000 lire. The publication of the seventh volume of the ‘History of the Italian Communist Party’ is a noteworthy event. In the party's often tumultuous history, few periods were as difficult as the one covered in this volume: 1948–56 embraces the crushing defeat of the Left in the 1948 elections, and covers the depth of the Cold War, when the PCI's subjugation to the Soviets was never seriously in question. The Journal of Modern Italian Studies therefore believes that it is more than justified to devote more attention than usual to this volume. The result is a series of extended reviews by four students of various aspects of Italian Communism. Stephen Hellman underscores the insights that the work provides concerning the party organization, and notes how basically unflattering is the portrait of Palmiro Togli... |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |