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The Secret World of American Communism (1995), filled with revelations about Communist party covert operations in the United States, created an international sensation. Now the American authors of that book, along with Soviet archivist Kyrill M. Anderson, offer a second volume of profound social, political, and historical importance. Based on documents newly available from Russian archives, The Soviet World of American Communism conclusively demonstrates the continuous and intimate ties between the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) and Moscow. In a meticulous investigation of the personal, organizational, and financial links between the CPUSA and Soviet Communists, the authors find that Moscow maintained extensive control of the CPUSA, even of the American rank and file. The widely accepted view that the CPUSA was essentially an idealistic organization devoted to the pursuit of social justice must be radically revised, say the authors. Although individuals within the organization may not have been aware of Moscow's influence, the leaders of the organization most definitely were. The authors explain and annotate ninety-five documents, reproduced here in their entirety or in large part, and they "e from hundreds of others to reveal the actual workings of the American Communist party. They show that:• the USSR covertly provided a large part of the CPUSA budget from the early 1920's to the end of the 1980's;• Moscow issued orders, which the CPUSA obeyed, on issues ranging from what political decisions the American party should make to who should serve in the party leadership;• the CPUSA endorsed Stalin's purges and the persecution of Americans living in Russia.

Communism --- Bolshevism --- Communist movements --- Leninism --- Maoism --- Marxism --- Trotskyism --- Collectivism --- Totalitarianism --- Post-communism --- Socialism --- Village communities --- History --- Communist International --- Communist Party of the United States of America --- CPUSA --- Communist Party of the United States --- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ SShA --- Mei-kuo kung chʻan tang --- Communist Party, U.S.A. --- Amerikan Komünist Partisi --- American Communist Party --- Partido Comunista de los Estados Unidos --- KP der USA --- K.P. der U.S.A. --- Kommunistische Partei der USA --- Kommunistische Partei der U.S.A. --- Ḳomunisṭishe parṭey der Fareynigṭe Shṭaṭn --- Communist Party USA --- קאמוניסטישער פארטיי פון די פאראייניקטע שטאטן --- קומוניסטישער פארטיי, פערייניקטע שטאטן --- Yhdysvaltain Kommunistipuolue --- Workers (Communist) Party of America --- Communist Party of America --- Communist Political Association --- Progressive Labor Movement (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) --- Kyōsan Intānashonaru --- Kyōsan Shugi Intānashonaru --- Bolshevik International --- International Communist Congress --- Red International --- Third Communist International --- Third International --- Tretiĭ Internat︠s︡ional --- International (Third) --- Kommunisticheskiĭ Internat︠s︡ional --- Kommunistische Internationale --- Internazionale comunista --- Коминтерн --- Komintern --- Comintern --- Troisième Internationale --- Dritte Internationale --- Komunistická internacionála --- Třetí Internacionála --- Internacional Comunista --- 3-ĭ Internat︠s︡ional --- Internationale communiste --- I.C. (Communist International) --- IC (Communist International) --- Kommunistiska internationalen --- Terza Internazionale --- Kominterun --- Комунистический интернационал --- Komunisticheskiĭ internat︠s︡ional --- Daisan Intānashonaru --- Konmintan --- Kung chʻan kuo chi --- Kokusai Kyōsantō --- Komintān --- Mosukō Intānashonaru --- Tretja Internacionala --- Komuminterun --- Kommunista Internacionálé --- Communistische Internationale --- Kūmintrun --- كومنترن --- אינטרנצינל הקומוניסטי --- コミンテルン --- 共產國際 --- Tercera Internacional --- Communist Information Bureau