{"product_id":"2026100011083-secondhand-the-civil-war-in-france","title":"The Civil War In France","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 3rd ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the heat of revolutionary upheaval, The Civil War in France stands as one of Karl Marx's most urgent and incisive political texts — a real-time analysis of the Paris Commune of 1871, the world's first working-class government, born from the ashes of France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Marx, writing on behalf of the International Workingmen's Association, chronicles the rise and brutal suppression of the Commune with the precision of a political surgeon, dissecting the machinery of state power and the class forces arrayed against the proletariat's audacious attempt at self-governance.\n\nBeyond its immediate historical subject, this work argues with enduring force that the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery and wield it for its own purposes — a thesis that would reverberate through revolutionary movements for generations. Marx's prose is sharp and polemical, animated by both moral outrage and theoretical rigour, presenting a model of political writing in which historical analysis and revolutionary imperative are inseparable. Published by the Foreign Languages Press in Peking, this edition reflects the text's global influence across Marxist and socialist traditions worldwide. For anyone seeking to understand the foundations of modern political thought on state power, class struggle, and democracy, this slim but formidable volume remains as provocative today as when it was first penned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572732235995,"sku":"2026100011083-SECONDHAND","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f8a38008-cc06-4251-8e32-502db60a4efe.png?v=1791167379","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011083-secondhand-the-civil-war-in-france","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}