Moscow and the Italian Communist Party : From Togliatti to Berlinguer

Frontmatter (page N/A) Preface (page 9) Abbreviations (page 13) Introduction (page 15) One The Political Profile of the PCI Elite (page 23) 1 Fascist Rule and the Controversy over Transitional Slogans (page 27) 2 Stalin's Ascendancy and the PCI's "Opportunism of Conciliation" (page 52) Two The Claims of Iron Discipline, The Crucible of Anti-Fascism (page 81) 3 The Price of Commitment (page 86) 4 Popular Front Initiatives, the Great Purge, and the PCI (page 111) 5 The Wartime Resistance: Togliatti, Moscow, and the PCI (page 148) Three The Partito Nuovo in the Postwar Era (page 179) 6 The Post-Fascist Democratic Transition: The PCI between East and West (page 184) 7 The Post-Stalin Challenge to Soviet Centralism (page 225) Four The Soviet-PCI Rift (page 261) 8 Conflict and Conciliation during the Compromesso Storico (page 267) 9 The PCI's Challenge to Moscow's Revolutionary Credentials (page 304) Conclusion (page 341) Bibliograhical Essay (page 355) Index (page 363)