The tragedy of European labour, 1918-1939 / by Adolf Sturmthal
1944, 1st edition. London : V. Gollancz Ltd. Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #428813
Physical description: 288 pages ; 19 cm. Series: Left Book Club edition. Contents: Part 1. Why Labour failed: Pressure group of political action -- From revolutionary party to pressure group -- Leninism -- Part 2. The failure of a revolution: Herman Müller, paradigm of the German worker -- The socialists and the revolution -- The stabilization of the middle-class republic -- Part 3. Labour in the Great Depression: "Doctor or heir" -- British Labour blunders through -- German Labour's "toleration" policy -- The failure of the French New Deal -- Swedish Labour's success -- Part 4. The rise of Fascism: The emergence of Fascism: Italy -- A Fascist defeat: Austria -- Hitler wins -- The Cannon of February -- New Labour tactics: Neo-socialism and Labour plans -- Part 5. Fascism on the international scene: Socialist foreign policy and Fascism -- The Popular Front -- War in Spain -- Labour's road to Munich -- Into the abyss -- Part 6. Outlook: The underground movement. Subjects: Labor Europe. Socialism Europe. Labor movement Europe. Politics and government. Socialism. Working class Europe. Working class Europe History 20th century.
Price: €25.00