Maoism in the Developed World

Surveys the most important dissident movement within International Communism since World War II.

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Maoism, because of the backing of China, was the most significant schism in the International Communist movement. In this companion volume to his earlier work looking at Maoism in the developing world, Alexander (economics, Rutgers U.) presents a survey of the significant Maoist groups in 22 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America. Identifying three major strands of International Maoism (those that supported the Gang of Four, those who followed the Albanian break with China, and those who remained loyal to the ruling groups of China, offers brief descriptions and histories of various contending Maoist groups. Two major sources form the basis for the work: the Hoover Institution's and documents of the Communist Party of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

ROBERT J. ALEXANDER is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, Rutgers University. He was a member of John F. Kennedy's Task Force on Latin America where the Alliance for Progress was developed, and he is a former consultant to the American Federation of Labor and the AFL-CIO on Latin American and Caribbean organized labor. One of the country's most respected scholars of Latin American politics and economic affairs, Professor Alexander is the author or editor of forty-five earlier books, most of them focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, including The Bolivian National Revolution, the first English-language study of that upheaval, and the history of labor and radical movements.