Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ABBREVIATIONS xi
4. EDITOR’S NOTE xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. World Revolution, 1917–1936
7. Preface 61
8. Introductory 65
9. 1 Marxism 75
10. 2 The Forerunners of the Third International 89
11. 3 The War and the Russian Revolution 114
12. 4 The Failure of the World Revolution and the Foundation of the International 135
13. 5 Lenin and Socialism 155
14. 6 Stalin and Socialism 174
15. 7 Stalin Kills the 1923 Revolution 192
16. 8 The Kulak and the British General Council 222
17. 9 Stalin Ruins the Chinese Revolution 243
18. 10 The Platform and the Five-Year Plan 276
19. 11 Industry and the Plan 294
20. 12 “After Hitler, Our Turn” 306
21. 13 The Great Retreat 349
22. 14 The Revolution Abandoned 361
23. 15 A Fourth International the Only Hope 387
24. Appendix on Sidney and Beatrice Webb’s Soviet Communism 401
25. Notes 407
26. Reviews of World Revolution
27. SELECTED REVIEWS OF THE ORIGINAL BRITISH EDITION 424
28. SELECTED REVIEWS OF THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN EDITION 463
29. Appendixes
30. APPENDIX A. C. L. R. James, Introduction to Red Spanish Notebook: The First Six Months of the Revolution and the Civil War by Mary Low and Juan Breá [1937] 471
31. APPENDIX B. C. L. R. James, “Report on Activities in the Provinces” [1938] 473
32. APPENDIX C. Extracts from the Discussions between C. L. R. James and Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico, April 1939 490
33. INDEX 507