ThesecondvolumeofTheCambridgeHistoryofCommunismexplorestheriseofCommuniststatesandmovementsafterWorldWarII.LeadingexpertsanalyzearchivalsourcesfromformerlyCommuniststatestore-examinethelimitstoMoscow’scontrolofitssatellites;thede-Stalinizationof1956;Communistreformmovements;theriseandfalloftheSino-Sovietalliance;thegrowthofCommunisminAsia,AfricaandLatinAmerica;andtheeffectsoftheSino-SovietsplitonworldCommunism.ChaptersexploretheculturesofCommunismintheUnitedStates,WesternEuropeandChina,andtheconflictsengenderedbynationalismandthecontinuedneedforsupportfromMoscow.WiththedangerofanewColdWardevelopingbetweenformerandcurrentCommuniststatesandtheWest,thisaccountoftheroots,developmentanddissolutionofthesocialistblocisessentialreading.
