Lenin: A Political Life Volume 2: Worlds in Collision
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.
Keywords
HistoryRussia & the Former Soviet UnionEuropePolitical ScienceHistory & TheoryLiterary CriticismModern
1995Book
Author(s)Robert Service
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333640623
LanguageEnglish
