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Sean McMeekin: The Red Millionaire: A Political Biography of Willy Münzenberg, Moscow’s Secret Propaganda Tsar in the West
Vydavatel: Yale University Press, 2004
Počet stran: 416

Willy Münzenberg byl nejen průkopník bolševismu, ale i magnát, který se stal jedním z nejvlivnějších komunistických operativců v Evropě mezi dvěma světovými válkami. Založil množství předních skupin, které získaly pro spolupráci se Sovětským svazem čelné osobnosti z oblasti politiky a kultury a vedl mezinárodní mediální impérium, které rozšiřovalo obrovské množství propagandy a získávalo peníze pro komunistické zájmy. Kniha Seana McMeekina přináší nový pohled na financování Kominterny, propagandistické strategie, využívání předních organizací za účelem infiltrace nekomunistických kruhů a pád demokracie ve Výmarské republice.

Table of Contents

PART 1. A Call to Arms 1. Erfurt 7 2. Zurich 18 3. Stuttgart 74 4. Berlin 86 5. Moscow 91 PART 2. The Red Millionaire 6. Selling the Famine 103 7. Building Socialism 123 8. Germany Red or Black 144 9. Follow the Money 163 10. Hollywood East 174 11. Preempting the Peace 193 12. The Red Millionaire 204 13. Tango with the Devil 222 PART 3. Flight 14. The Fire This Time 255 15. Reckoning 270 16. A Paris Exile 295

“An impressive piece of work, clearly the most detailed and thorough account of the life and machinations of an important Communist functionary.” Harvey Klehr, coauthor of The Secret World of American Communism and The Soviet World of American Communism.” R.J. Stove, The American Conservative

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