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Maurice Thorez: A Biography

Maurice Thorez: A Biography

Bulaitis, John

Hardcover

Series: Communist Lives

Political BiographiesFrench HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1845117255
ISBN13: 9781845117252
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jul 30 2018
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Maurice Thorez (1900-1964) was a major figure in the history of twentieth-century France and European Communism for over three decades. Under his leadership, the French Communist Party (PCF) became France's largest political party and one of the most important communist parties in the West.
Born in a mining village, Thorez left school at the age of 12 and would go on to helm the PCF in a rapid rise that paralleled Stalin's consolidation of power in the Soviet Union. After World War II, he became a minister, and briefly deputy prime minister, before the Cold War excluded communists from political power. The PCF became known as 'the party of Maurice Thorez', as a leader cult around Thorez was created that mirrored the cult of personality' around Stalin.

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