"An impressive work, attentive to detail, abundantly well-documented and
clearly addressing some key dilemmas of anarchist
organizations."--Anarchist Studies
"Berry has done an amazing job of poring through the speeches, the
newspapers, the reports of meetings of all the various strands of the
anarchist movement to develop a coherent story of changing anarchist
ideology in the 1920s and 1930s."--H-France Review
"We should applaud a study which has no equivalent in French and which
does not fear bringing to light the hesitations and the U-turns, but
also the lucidity and the courage of many militants."--Réfractions
"Highly recommended."--Choice
David Berry's study is the first English-language evaluation of the
development of the French anarchist movement between the great wars.
Using an impressive array of archival sources and personal interviews,
his original research explores the debates and growing pains of a large,
working-class movement facing great obstacles. Focusing on the organized
wings of the movement--the anarcho-communist and syndicalist groups--it
offers a ringside seat to the legacy of the First International, the
upheaval of the Russian Revolution and subsequent Bolshevik treachery,
as well as the fight against fascism. Includes an introduction by
archivist and historian Barry Pateman.
David Berry teaches French and politics at Loughborough University
in the United Kingdom. He is the reviews editor of Anarchist Studies
and on the editorial committee of the Journal of Contemporary European
Studies. He is a member of the Centre International de Recherches sur
l'Anarchisme and the Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary
France.
