| Lenin: A Political Life: Volume 2: Worlds in Collision 1995 Edition Contributor(s): Service, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333640624 ISBN-13: 9780333640623 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.28 lbs) 435 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |