A People's History of the Russian Revolution Hardback
by Neil Faulkner
Part of the People's History People's History series
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The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history.
In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action and destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers. Faulkner rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators, 'democratic-centralists' or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship; though short-lived, the Revolution of October 1917 was an explosion of democracy and creativity.
Crushed by bloody counter-revolution, its socialist vision was ultimately displaced by a monstrous form of bureaucratic state-capitalism. Laced with first-hand testimony, this history rescues the democratic essence of the revolution from its detractors and deniers, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader. Published in partnership with the Left Book Club.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages, 2 b&w maps, 11 b&w photographs
- Publisher:Pluto Press
- Publication Date:20/01/2017
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- ISBN:9780745399041
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages, 2 b&w maps, 11 b&w photographs
- Publisher:Pluto Press
- Publication Date:20/01/2017
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- ISBN:9780745399041