Ian H. Birchall, formerly Senior Lecturer in French at Middlesex University, is now an independent writer. His books include The Spectre of Babeuf (1997). He has written numerous articles and reviews in academic and political journals, especially on French literature, Sartre and on the history of socialism, and has translated works by Victor Serge and Alfred Rosmer. He is a member of the Socialist Workers Party.

Acknowledgements

Bibliographical Note

Abbreviations

Chronology

Chapter 1. Introduction: Claiming the Corpse

PART I: THE MAKING OF A REBEL

Chapter 2. 'La Communiste'
Chapter 3. The Threat of Fascism
Chapter 4. War within War

PART II: POSTWAR CHOICES

Chapter 5. The Better Choice
Chapter 6. Materialism or Revolution?
Chapter 7. The Spectre of Trotsky
Chapter 8. The RDR
Chapter 9. Which Camp?

PART III: RAPPROCHMENT WITH STALINISM

Chapter 10. Reorientation
Chapter 11. Dangerous Liaison
Chapter 12. Debate with the Far Left
Chapter 13. Laying the Ghost

PART IV: TOWARDS A NEW LEFT

Chapter 14. From Practice to Theory
Chapter 15. The Battle over Algeria
Chapter 16. Rebuilding the Left
Chapter 17. May to December
Chapter 18. Conclusion: Sartre's Century?

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