Intro
Titles Published
Titles Forthcoming
Introduction
Contents
Acronyms
1 Origin and Formation of a New Party
The Shock of War
The Impact of the Russian Revolutions
The Appeal of the International
Debate Among Socialists
The Tours Congress
2 The Emergence of a New Party 1921-1933
First Rifts
Facing the Storm
Hesitations and the "Class Versus Class" Turnaround
On the Way to Revolution?
The PC at Its Lowest Point
3 The Time of the Popular Front
The PCF at the Origins of the Popular Front
New Motto, New Project

The PC Becomes Part of the Political Landscape
The "Ministry of the Masses"
A Popular Party
A Time of Difficulties and Isolation
4 The PCF in the War
The German-Soviet Pact and the "Phoney War"
The Defeat and the Beginning of the Occupation
Entering the Armed Struggle
At the Heart of Resistance Action
Preparing for Liberation
Polemics
5 The First Party of France
Insurgency and Position of Power
A Governing Party
The PCF and the Left: A New Power-Based Relationship
The Communist Galaxy
6 Joining the Cold War

The Dismissal of the Communist Ministers
PCF, Kominform, and International Relations
The PCF and People's Democracies
The Strikes of 1947-1953: The Shadow of the PCF?
Colonial Wars and the Struggle for Peace
Anti-Americanism
The Return of Anti-Communism
A Monolithic Party?
The Marty-Tillon Case
7 An Uncertain Party (1953-1958)
The Death of Stalin
The Time of the EDC (1950-1954)
Hardening or Opening?
The PCF and the 20th CPSU Congress
Mao Zedong's Appeal to Fight the "Opportunists".
The PCF and the Beginning of the Algerian War

8 The PCF and Gaullism 1958-1968
Faced with the Gaullist Coup De Force
The Servin-Casanova Case
The Beginnings of a Modernisation
Waldeck Rochet at Work
Continued Dialogue with Christians
Strengthening the Union of the Left and the Party
9 1968-1972: Between Two Springs
Satisfaction and Concerns
The "Leftists" on the Move?
The Labour Movement Enters the Scene
The Alternative at the Corner of Street?
The Political Imbroglio
The Time of Rising
Prague Spring
The Shock
After the Storm
Time for Renewal?
The Programme, at Last!

10 From the Common Agenda to the Departure of the Government (1972-1984)
A Puzzling Direction
Everything Was on the Move
The Party of Georges Marchais
Eurocommunism
The Split of the Union of the Left
Disaccords and Tensing
The Shock of 1981
In the Government
11 1984-2002: An Irresistible Setback
1984-1985: Beginning of the Crisis
The "Party of Struggles" and Perestroika
A Cultural Crisis
Respite and "Mutation"
12 2002-2019: Conjuring Decline
A Retracted Continent
The Social Substratum of Decline
Left and Labour Movement: End of the Game?