ALL THE CHAIRS COMRADES

HISTORIOGRAPHY

Politicized Beginnings
Founding the Traditionalist School
Revisionists rise to dominate the field
Opening of the Archives
 THESIS

In his time as the leader of the CPUSA, Browder

forged a coalition between domestic radicalism
and international communism in which his
actions were limitednot drivenby the
interests of the Soviet regime.
 MOMENTS OF IMPORTANCE

Fall of Lovenstone
Browders Rise to Power
The Democratic Front
The MolotovRibbentrop Pact
The Ousting
 EVIDENCE

Primary Sources
Physical Archives
Online Archives
Secondary Sources
Monographs
Historiographical Works
 CONCLUSIONS

Browders Drive
Dynamics of Party Politics
A Top Down View?
The Essence of a Party