A People's History of the Russian Revolution - Couverture souple

Faulkner, Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745399037 ISBN 13 : 9780745399034

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2017

Synopsis

The Russian Revolution may be the most misunderstood and misrepresented event in modern history, its history told in a mix of legends and anecdotes. In A People's History of the Russian Revolution, Neil Faulkner sets out to debunk the myths and pry fact from fiction, putting at the heart of the story the Russian people who are the true heroes of this tumultuous tale. In this fast-paced introduction, Faulkner tells the powerful narrative of how millions of people came together in a mass movement, organized democratic assemblies, mobilized for militant action, and overturned a vast regime of landlords, profiteers, and warmongers.

Faulkner rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship, and forcefully argues that the Russian Revolution was an explosion of democracy and creativity--and that it was crushed by bloody counter-revolution and replaced with a form of bureaucratic state-capitalism.

Grounded by powerful first-hand testimony, this history marks the centenary of the Revolution by restoring the democratic essence of the revolution, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Neil Faulkner is a historian and archaeologist. He is the author of numerous books, including A Radical History of the World (Pluto, 2018), A People's History of the Russian Revolution (Pluto, 2017) and Lawrence of Arabia's War (Yale, 2016).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745399037
• ISBN 13: 9780745399034
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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• Personne responsable: non disponible