Comrade Rhys

The Life and Times of Albert Rhys Williams

AvWilliam Whisenhunt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Albert Rhys Williams used his cover as a journalist to, as one observer put it, go "through the Bolshevik Revolution in a dress suit." Inspired by brief friendships with Lenin and John Reed, Williams spent the next forty-five years defending socialism and the Soviet Union.William Benton Whisenhunt draws on the largely untapped archive of Williams's papers to provide a first-ever biography of the dedicated radical writer. Williams spent nearly ten years living and traveling in the USSR, where he observed the Soviet system and reported on it with unusual nuance in numerous books, articles, and speeches. Whisenhunt follows Williams from his early life as a lumberyard worker and preacher through his participation in the Revolution and his long career as a radical writer. Able to see socialism as flawed, Williams's nonetheless defended it as an alternative to capitalism with such vigor that correspondents often addressed him as Comrade Rhys.Astute and richly detailed, Comrade Rhys reveals the life and work of an overlooked radical thinker.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-29
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252049811

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Marxism och kommunism inom Samhälle och politik
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William Benton Whisenhunt is a professor emeritus of history at the College of DuPage. He was a J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar in Russia in 2006. He is also the author or editor of several works on Russian history and Russian-American relations. He is co-managing editor of the Journal of Russian American Studies.

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"A precise and convincing portrait on Albert Rhys Williams's goals, methods, and assumptions. Williams expressed political views that were opposed by many, but Whisenhunt's clear analysis presents an empathetic and honest story that avoids veneration."—Matthew Lee Miller, author of The American YMCA and Russian Culture: The Preservation and Expansion of Russian Orthodoxy, 1900–1940

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Preface ……Chapter 1: 1883-1914 – Origins and Early Life ……Chapter 2: 1914-1917 – World War I ……Chapter 3: 1917 – Into Revolution ……Chapter 4: 1918 – Revolutionary Russia and the Journey Home ……Chapter 5: 1919-1921 – Congress, Books, and Speaking …...Chapter 6: 1920s – Back to Russia ……Chapter 7: 1930s – Senators, Show Trials, and Spain ……Chapter 8: 1940s to 1962 – Later Life and Death ……Epilogue ……Bibliography ……