Volume 3 the first international and after the crucial texts of marxs later years notably the civil war in france and critique of the gotha programme count among his most important work these articles include a searching analysis of the tragic but inspiring failure of the paris commune as well as essays on german unification the irish question the polish national movement and the possibility of revolution in russia the founding documents of the first international and polemical . Volume 3 the first international and after the crucial texts of marxs later years notably the civil war in france and critique of the gotha programme count among his most important work these articles include a searching analysis of the tragic but inspiring failure of the paris commune as well as essays on german unification the irish question the polish national movement and the possibility of revolution in russia the founding documents of the first international and polemical . Volume 3 the first international and after the crucial texts of marxs later years notably the civil war in france and critique of the gotha programme count among his most important work these articles include a searching analysis of the tragic but inspiring failure of the paris commune as well as essays on german unification the irish question the polish national movement and the possibility of revolution in russia the founding documents of the first international and polemical . The first international and after is the third and final volume in versos collection of karl marxs political writings like the first two volumes the book has a fascinating and wide ranging introduction by david fernbach who carefully places marx and his works in the broader political movement of the 1860s and 70s a period rich in long forgotten characters and warring ideologies if the previous volume surveys in exile showed marx in retreat from the boisterous and cutthroat world