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Bolshevism, Stalinism and the Comintern: Perspectives on Stalinisation, 1917-1953

The volume developed Hermann Weber’s ‘Stalinization’ model of explanation for the subordination of German communism to Moscow by asking contributors to apply it to the national parties of their subject specialism, thus providing a comparative framework. As such it shows how the collaboration of the editors, whose expertise is rooted in different national historiographies, can contribute to the subject area. The specific chapter uses a comparative biographical framework to engage with and augment Weber’s ‘Stalinization’ model, notably by illustrating how differences in the style of leadership in Britain and Germany reflected different political contexts in a global movement.