About this book
Introduction
In this second volume of his Lenin trilogy, Robert Service builds on the approach established in the first. He emphasises the extraordinary circumstances in Russia and the world enabling Lenin to come to power in 1917. He also details ways whereby Lenin led a turbulent Bolshevik party and adjusted its policies so as to gain authority in the soviets. Lenin the crafty and pragmatic politican as well as the utopian and merciless class warrior are portrayed.
Keywords
Russia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Vladimir Lenin
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13785-5
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
- Print ISBN 978-0-333-64062-3
- Online ISBN 978-1-349-13785-5
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