Fridrikh I. Firsov is formerly department manager of the Russian Center for the Preservation and Study of Documents of Most Recent History. Harvey Klehr is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics and History, Emory University. John Earl Haynes was Modern Political Historian, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, for twenty-five years.

“This compilation of historical documents on the Communist International (Comintern), the Soviet tool for controlling foreign communist parties, represents the latest contribution to Yale University Press’ invaluable Annals of Communism series.”—Foreign Affairs

Fridrikh I. Firsov is formerly department manager of the Russian Center for the Preservation and Study of Documents of Most Recent History. Harvey Klehr is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics and History, Emory University. John Earl Haynes was Modern Political Historian, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, for twenty-five years.

“This compilation of historical documents on the Communist International (Comintern), the Soviet tool for controlling foreign communist parties, represents the latest contribution to Yale University Press’ invaluable Annals of Communism series.”—Foreign Affairs