Marx & Engels Collected Works: Volume 22

Volume 22

Marx and Engels
1870-71

July 1870-October 1871

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First Address of the General Council of the International Working Men's Association on the Franco-Prussian War (Marx)	3
Notes on the War (Engels)	9
Notes on the War.-I	11
Notes on the War.-II	15
Notes on the War.- III	19
Notes on the War.-IV	22
The Prussian Victories	27
Notes on the War.-V	32
Notes on the War.-VI	36
Notes on the War.-VII	40
Notes on the War.-VIII	44
Notes on the War.-IX	48
Notes on the War.-X	52
The Crisis of the War	56
Notes on the War.-XI	61
Notes on the War.-XII	67
Notes on the War.-XIII	71
Notes on the War.-XIV	74
Notes on the War.-XV	78
The French Defeats	82
Notes on the War.-XVI	87
Notes on the War.-XVII	91
The Rise and Fall of Armies	95
Notes on the War.-XVIII	100
How to Fight the Prussians	104
Notes on the War.-XIX	108
The Story of the Negotiations	112
Notes on the War.-XX	115
Notes on the War.-XXI	119
The Rationale of the Prussian Army System	123
Notes on the War.-XXII	127
Notes on the War.-XXIII	131
The Fate of Metz	134
Notes on the War.-XXIV	138
Saragossa-Paris	142
Notes on the War.-XXV	146
The Fall of Metz	150
Notes on the War.-XXVI	154
The Emperor's Apologia	157
The Fighting in France	163
Notes on the War.-XXVII	168
Fortified Capitals	172
Notes on the War.-XXVIII	176
The Military Situation in France	180
Notes on the War.-XXIX	185
Notes on the War.-XXX	189
The Chances of the War	193
Prussian Francs-Tireurs	198
Notes on the War.-XXXI	203
Notes on the War.-XXXII	204
The German Position in France	205
Notes on the War.-XXXIII	208
Notes on the War.-XXXIV	221
Notes on the War.-XXXV	226
Notes on the War.-XXXVI	231
Notes on the War.-XXXVII	236
Notes on the War.-XXXVIII	240
Notes on the War.-XXXIX	243
Notes on the War.-XL	247
The Military Aspect of Affairs in France	251
Bourbaki's Disaster	255
To the Committee of the Social-Democratic Workers' Party (Marx)	259
Letter to the Committee of the Social-Democratic Workers' Party (Marx & Engels)	260
Second Address of the General Council of the International Working Men's Association on the Franco-Prussian War (Marx)	263
Concerning the Arrest of the Members of the Central Committee of the Social-Democratic Workers' Party (Marx)	271
To the Sixth Congress of the Belgian Sections of the International Working Men's Association (Engels)	272
On the Freedom of the Press and Meetings in Germany (Marx)	274
To the Spanish Federal Council of the International Working Men's Association (Engels)	277
The Aspect of Affairs in Russia	281
To the Editor of The Times (Marx)	285
Statement by the General Council to the Editor of The Times et. al. (Marx)	286
To the Editorial Boards of the Volksstaat and the Zukunft (Marx)	288
To the Editor of De Werker (Marx)	291
To the Editor of The Times (Marx)	292
On the Cigar-Workers' Strike in Antwerp (Engels)	294
Outline of an Appeal of the General Council to the Weavers' and Spinners' Trade Unions of Manchester for Assistance to the Spanish Textile Workers' Strike 295
Resolution of the General Council Expelling Henri Louis Tolain from the International Working Men's Association (Marx & Engels)	297
Once Again "Herr Vogt" (Engels)	298
The Civil War in France. Address of the General Council of the International Working Men's Association (Marx)	307
I	311
II	320
III	328
IV	343
Notes	356
I	356
II	357
To the Editor of The Pall Mall Gazette (Marx)	360
Statement by the General Council On Jules Favres Circular (Marx & Engels)	361
Statement by the General Council to the Editor of The Times (Marx & Engels)	364
Statement by the General Council to the Editor of The Standard (Marx & Engels)	366
Statement by the General Council on George Jacob Holyoake's Letter (Engels)	367
Letter from the General Council to the Editor of The Spectator (resp. Examiner) (Engels)	369
To the Editor of The Daily News (Marx)	370
Statement by the General Council on the Letters of C. J. Holyoake and B. Lucraft (Engels)	372
Letter to Max Friedlander, the Editor of the Neue Freie Presse (Marx)	37
The Address The Civil War in France and the English Press (Engels)	375
Letter to Frederick Greenwood the Editor of The Pall Mall Gazette (Marx)	378
Mr. Washburne the American Ambassador in Paris (Marx)	379
To the Editor of The Morning Advertiser (Marx)	383
To the Editor of The Standard (Marx)	384
Mazzini's Statement against the International Working Men's Association (Engels)	385
Covering Letter to the Editor of The Times (Marx)	388
To the Editor of The Times (Engels)	389
To the Editor of L'International (Marx)	391
To the Editor of Public Opinion (Marx)	392
To the Editor of Public Opinion (Marx)	393
To the Editor of the Gaulois (Marx)	395
Letter to the Editor of The Sun, Charles Dana (Marx)	396
The Commune and Archbishop Darboy (Marx)	400
To the Editor of La Verite (Marx)	403
To the Editor of The Evening Standard (Marx)	405
Propositions to the General Council Concerning Preparations for the London Conference (Marx & Engels)	406
Propositions to Be Submitted to the Conference by the General Council (Marx & Engels)	407
The London Conference of the International Working Men's Association. September 17-23 1871	410
On the Activity of the Alliance of Socialist Democracy. Record of the Speech at the Sitting of the Conference Commission of 18 September 1871	411
Motions of the General Council Adopted by the Conference
On the Political Action of the Working Class (Engels)	415
On the Political Action of the Working Class (Engels)	417
Resolution of the London Conference relating to the Split in Romance Switzerland (Marx)	419
Resolutions of the Conference of Delegates of the International Working Men's Association Assembled at London from 17th to 23rd September 1871 (Marx & Engels)	423
To the Editors of Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly (Marx)	432
From the Preparatory Materials
Drafts of The Civil War in France (Marx)	435
First Draft of The Civil War in France	437
The Government of Defence	431
The Commune	472
1) Measures for the Working Class	472
2) Measures for the Working Class but Mostly for the Middle Classes	473
3) General Measures	474
4) Measures of Public Safety	476
5) Financial Measures	479
The Commune	480
The Rise of the Commune and the Central Committee	480
The Character of the Commune	483
Peasantry	492
Union (Ligue) Republicaine	495
The Communal Revolution as the Representative of All Classes of Society not Living upon Foreign Labour	495
Republic only Possible as Avowedly Social Republic	497
The Commune (Social Measures)	498
Decentralisation by the Rurals and the Commune	502
Fragments	506
Second Draft of The Civil War in France	515
1) Government of Defence. Trochu, Favre Picard Ferry	515
2) Thiers. Dufaure. Pouyer-Quertier	519
3) The Rural Assembly	522
5) Opening of the Civil War. 18 March Revolution. Clement Thomas. Lecomte. The Vendome Affair	524
6) The Commune	532
7) Schluss	538
Fragments	540
Robert Reid Ex-Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph (Engels)	552
Notes from the Minutes of the General Council 1869-1871 (Marx)	554
Meeting of Sub-Committee (Engels)	565
Meeting of Sub-Committee (Engels)	567
Appendices
Record of Marx's Speech on the Government of National Defence	571
Records of Marx's and Engels' Speeches on the Position of the English Working Glass in the Franco-Prussian War	573
Record of Engels' Speech on the Revolution of March 18 in Paris	585
Record of Marx's and Engels' Speeches on the Republican Movement in England	587
Record of Engels' Speech on the Paris Commune	588
Record of Marx's Speech on the Paris Commune	589
Record of Engels' Speeches on the Paris Commune and in Connection with the Centennial Anniversary of Robert Owen's Birth	593
Record of Marx's Speech on the Paris Commune	595
Record of Marx's Speech Against the Calumny Invented by the Bourgeois Press to Slander the International and the Paris Commune	597
Record of Marx's Speech on the Paris Commune	599
Record of Marx's Interview with The World Correspondent	600
Account of Engels' Speech on Mazzini's Attitude Towards the International	607
Record of Engels' Speech on the Convocation of the London Conference of 1871	609
Account of Marx's Speech Against Odger	610
Record of Engels' Speech on the Situation in Spain	612
Record of Marx's Speech in the Opening of the London Conference	613
Records of Marx's Speeches on Trade Unions	614
Record of Marx's Speech on the Political Action of the Working Class	616
Record of Marx's Speech on the Political Action of the Working Class	618
Record of Marx's Speech on the Position of the International Working Men's Association in Germany and England	619
Record of Marx's Speech on Secret Societies	621
Jenny Marx's Letter to the Editor of Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly	622
Record of Marx's Speech on the Seventh Anniversary of the International	633
Notes and Indexes
Notes	637
Name Index	708
Index of Quoted and Mentioned Literature	741
Index of Periodicals	760
Subject Index	767
Illustrations
The first page of the leaflet The Address of the General Council of the International Working Men's Association on the Franco-Prussian War July 23, 1870	2-3
The Battle of Gravelotte-St. Privat on August 18 1870 and the Siege of Metz. The Battle of Mars-la-Tour on August 16 1870 (a map)	63
The Battle of Sedan on September 1-2 1870 (a map)	83
The Siege of Paris (September 19 1870-January 28 1871)(a map)	217
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 (a map)	256-57
Title page of the third English edition of The Civil War in France	309
The Paris Commune (March 18-May 28 1871) (a map)	350
A paragraph from the manuscript of the First Draft of The Civil War in France	489

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