Orlando Figes

Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a new perspective on the Russian Revolution, a noted historian traces three generational phases to show how the revolution, while it changed in form and character, retained the same idealistic goals throughout.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan US / St. Martin's Press
• Reprint
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781250062628
• ISBN-10: 1250062624
• Artikelnr.: 40756910

Autorenporträt

Orlando Figes

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 ?
1. The Start 7?
2. The 'Dress Rehearsal' 24?
3. Last Hopes 39?
4. War and Revolution 54?
5. The February Revolution 68?
6. Lenin's Revolution 89?
7. Civil War and the Making of the Soviet System 108?
8. Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin 125?
9. The Revolution's Golden Age? 135?
10. The Great Break 149?
11. Stalin's Crisis 163?
12. Communism in Retreat? 176?
13. The Great Terror 190?
14. Revolution for Export 204?
15. War and Revolution 217?
16. Revolution and Cold War 230?
17. The Beginning of the End 244?
18. Mature Socialism 260?
19. The Last Bolshevik 273?
20. Judgement 288
Notes 297?
A Short Guide to Further Reading 306?
Acknowledgments 309?
Index 311