At the start of the 21st century, no one felt the need to reach for studies of ‘third-period’ communism to understand British and American politics. By 2016, I would say that they have become essential.
Admittedly, connoisseurs of the communist movement’s crimes have always thought that 1928 was a vintage year.
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