Sartre against stalinism

This book offers a political defence of Sartre and shows how, from a relatively apolitical stance in the 1930´s, Sartre became increasingly involved in the politics of the Left; though he always distrusted Stalinism, he was sometimes driven to ally himself with it. Sartre was repelled by the Communist Party, yet powerfully drawn to it; he was unable to throw in his lot with the Anti-Stalinist left, yet equally unable to disregard the force of its argument.