National Communism (Scanned)

278 Pages·1942·16.411 MB·English

by  Peter Zwick

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About the Book and Author
NATIONAL COMMUNISM
Peter Zwick
According to the generally accepted view that nationalism is alien
to communism and that internationalism disallows divisions based
on nations, the existence of national communism is often interpreted
as a sign of the breakup of the world communist movement. This
book reexamines the evidence on the role of nations and national
variations, beginning with Marx and moving through Leninism and
Stalinism to Titoism, Maoism, Castroism, and current national lib¬
eration movements (e.g., in Nicaragua). Professor Zwick concludes
that nationalism has always been an inherent element of communism.
He demonstrates with numerous concrete cases that, rather than
signaling the decline of communism, national adaptation is the source
of its strength. The limits of national variation as defined by the
Brezhnev Doctrine are precisely defined and examined in the cases
of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.
The book bridges the gap between Marxist theory and communist
practice with respect to the central role that nationalism will continue
to play in the contemporary world. No other study presents this
material in a cross-national, comparative perspective.
Peter Zwick is an associate professor and acting chairman of the
Department of Political Science and a member of the Russian area
studies faculty at Louisiana State University. His research focuses
on biographical studies of the Soviet political elite and analyses of
administrative reorganization in the USSR, Soviet nationality policies,
and Soviet socioeconomic development.
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NATIONAL
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Peter Zwick
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Copyright © 1983 by Westview Press, Inc.
Published in 1983 in the United States of America by
Westview Press, Inc.
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Boulder, Colorado 80301
Frederick A. Praeger, President and Publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Zwick, Peter, 1942-
National communism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Nationalism and socialism. I. Title.
w/fix550.N3Z88 1983 335.43’5 82-17642
ISBN 0-86531-427-6
ISBN 0-86531-428-4 (pbk.)
Printed and bound in the United States of America