ISBN:
9781250062628
,
9780805091311
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 324 Seiten
,
25 cm
Edition:
First Picador edition
DDC:
947.084
Keywords:
Insurgency History 19th century
;
Revolutions History 20th century
;
Revolutions History
;
Russia $x History $y 1801-1917
;
Russia History 20th century
;
Soviet Union History
Abstract:
The start -- The "dress rehearsal" -- Last hopes -- War and revolution -- The February Revolution -- Lenin's revolution -- Civil War and the making of the Soviet system -- Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin -- The revolution's golden age? -- The great break -- Stalin's crisis -- Communism in retreat? -- The great terror -- Revolution for export -- War and revolution -- Revolution and Cold War -- The beginning of the end -- Mature socialism -- The last bolshevik -- Judgement
Description / Table of Contents:
The startThe "dress rehearsal" -- Last hopes -- War and revolution -- The February Revolution -- Lenin's revolution -- Civil War and the making of the Soviet system -- Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin -- The revolution's golden age? -- The great break -- Stalin's crisis -- Communism in retreat? -- The great terror -- Revolution for export -- War and revolution -- Revolution and Cold War -- The beginning of the end -- Mature socialism -- The last bolshevik -- Judgement.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index
