Preface
1. The Party and the Failure of Revolution in the West
11
2. The Origins of Eurocommunism: The Party's Strategy
from 1926 to 1956 34
3. Left-wing Eurocommunism: The Ingrao Left 54
4. The Social Roots of Leftism and Rightism in the
Party 75
5. The Dominance of the Right in Naples 87
6. The Party in Perugia 103
7. Left-wing Ascendancy in Industrial Turin 118
8. Communism in 'Red' Modena 130
9. Bari: Leftism in a Southern Context 145
10. The Ingrao Left and its Defeat 155
11. The 1968 Movement and the Manifesto Affair 170
12. The Historic Compromise: Further Development of
Eurocommunism 195
13. The Party in the 'Governmental Area': Crisis of
the Historic Compromise 212
Conclusion 230
Bibliography 232
Appendix: Key to Interviewees 242
Index 244