War on War: Lenin, the Zimmerwald Left, and the Origins of Communist Internationalism

By R. Craig Nation

Book Overview

The First World War represented a tragic crossroads for the international Left. The pressing decision of the hour--whether to collaborate with or to resist imperialist war--was answered overwhelmingly with the former choice by almost every major party of the Second International. Here is the story of those who chose the second road; a road that, the author argues, renewed socialism after the cataclysm of war.

R. Craig Nation has been a professor of strategy and director of Eurasian studies at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, since 1996. He is a specialist in war and peace studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931859825
• ISBN13: 9781931859820
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"