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1956, John Saville, EP Thompson and The Reasoner
1956, John Saville, EP Thompson and The Reasoner

1956, John Saville, EP Thompson and The Reasoner

Edited by Paul Flewers, Edited by John McIlroy

HISTORY

464 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $29.99 (US $29.99) (CA $39.99)

Publication Date: July 2017

ISBN 9780850367263

Rights: US & CA

Merlin Press (Jul 2017)

Available from local and national retailers throughout the US.
 

Overview

1956 was a year of political drama. It saw the Anglo-French seizure of the Suez Canal, Nikita Khruschev's Secret Speech, denouncing Stalin, unrest across Eastern Europe and the Russian invasion of Hungary. This book discusses the convulsions which enveloped the Communist Party of Great Britain in the aftermath of Khruschev's revelations. It reprints the text of The Reasoner for the first time in 60 years. It tells the story of this journal and its editors: John Saville and E.P. Thompson.

Reviews

"Flewers and McIlroy have done an immense service in gathering together the important documents of this vital moment in the history of the Communist Party and have published the three issues of The Reasoner, of which few copies survive. This rich seam of material is now readily available to all." —Keith Laybour, Labor History Review

Author Biography

Paul Flewers is the author of The New Civilisation? Understanding Stalin's Soviet Union 1929-1941 and an editor of Revolutionary History. John McIlroy is a Professor of Employment Relations at Middlesex University Business School.

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