This new edition of Donald Sassoon's magisterial history of the Left in the twentieth century includes a substantial new introduction by the author.
With unique authority and unparalleled scholarship, Sassoon traces the fortunes of the political parties of the left in Western Europe across 14 countries, covering the fortunes of socialism from the rise of the Bolsheviks through two World Wars to the revival of feminism and the arrival of "green" politics. On 14 July 1889, the centenary of the French Revolution, socialist parties from all corners of Europe met in Paris.