Table of Contents
Foreword to the 2012 Edition Eric Hazan ix
Foreword xxi
Introduction Eleanor Marx 1
Preface 5
Prologue 6
1 The Prussians Enter Paris 49
2 The Coalition Opens Fire on Paris 57
3 18th March 64
4 The Central Committee Calls for Elections 72
5 Reorganization of the Public Services 82
6 The Mayors and the Assembly Combine against Paris 88
7 The Central Committee Forces the Mayors to Capitulate 95
8 Proclamation of the Commune 103
9 The Commune at Lyons, St Etienne and Creuzot 108
10 The Commune at Marseilles, Toulouse and Narbonne 117
11 The Council of the Commune Wavers 126
12 The Versaillese Beat Back the Commune Patrols and Massacre Prisoners 133
13 The Commune Is Defeated at Marseilles and Narbonne 140
14 The "Weaknesses of the Council 149
15 The Commune's First Combats 155
16 The Manifesto and the Germs of Defeat 162
17 Women of the Commune and the Opposing Armies 168
18 The Work of the Commune 175
19 Formation of the Committee of Public Safety 189
20 Rossel Replaces Cluseret 197
21 Paris Bombarded: Rossel Flees 203
22 Conspiracies against the Commune 211
23 The 'Lefts' Betray Paris 216
24 The New Committee at Work 225
25 Paris on the Eve of Death 233
26 The Enemy Enters Paris 242
27 The Invasion Continues 249
28 The Street Battles Continue 259
29 On the Barricades 270
30 The Left Bank Falls 281
31 The Commune's Last Stand 291
32 The Versaillese Fury 305
33 The Fate of the Prisoners 314
34 The Trials of the Communards 323
35 The Executions 335
36 The Balance-Sheet of Bourgeois Vengeance 352
Appendices 359
Author's Notes 401
Glossary of French Terms 425
General Index 427
Names Index 431
