Karl Radek on China: Documents from the Former Secret Soviet Archives (Historical Materialism Book Series; Volume 219) by Karl Radek. Edited by Alexander V. Pantsov. Translated by Richard Abraham and Steven I. Levine - 2021

BRILL, 2021. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Radek (1885-1939) was an activist of the Russian and international workers' movement, a senior official of the Bolshevik Party and the Comintern, a major scholar of China, an active participant in the left Trotskyist Opposition, and one of the main accused in the show trials of the late 1930s. From newly opened Soviet archives, Pantsov presents his 1926-27 lecture course History of the Revolutionary Movement in China. He also includes eight of his lectures, reports, and speeches regarding China. Among the topics are the fundamentals of Communist policy in China: June 1926, the international situation of China: March 1927, driving forces of the Chinese revolution: lecture to the Communist Academy, the betrayal of the national movement by the Chinese upper bourgeoisie, and a new stage in the Chinese Revolution: from Chiang Kai-shek to Wang Jingwei. (2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)