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A Concise History of the Russian Revolution

A Concise History of the Russian Revolution

Paperback

General World HistoryRussian History

Publisher Price: $18.95

ISBN10: 0679745440
ISBN13: 9780679745440
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Nov 26 1996
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.92 Width: 5.22 Depth: 8.04
Language: English
An authoritative history of the Russian Revolution and the violent and disruptive acts that created the first modern totalitarian regime, portraying the crisis at the heart of the tsarist empire

A deep and eloquent condemnation of the revolution and its aftermath. --The New York Times

Drawing on archival materials released in Russia, Richard Pipes chronicles the upheaval that began as a conservative revolt but was soon captured by messianic intellectuals intent not merely on reforming Russia but on remaking the world. He provides fresh accounts of the revolution's personalities and policies, crises, and cruelties, from the murder of the royal family through civil war, famine, and state terror.

Brilliantly and persuasively, Pipes shows us why the resulting system owes less to the theories of Marx than it did to the character of Lenin and Russia's long authoritarian tradition. What ensues is a path-clearing work that is indispensable to any understanding of the events of the century.

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