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Item Details
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A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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| By: |
Neil Faulkner |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0745399037 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780745399034 |
| Publisher: |
PLUTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 January, 2017 |
| Series: |
Left Book Club |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
An alternative, narrative history of the Russian Revolution published in its centenary |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pluto Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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