A Concise History of the Russian Revolution - Brossura

Pipes, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0679745440 ISBN 13: 9780679745440

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1996

Riassunto

Richard Pipes's authoritative history of the "violent and disruptive acts" that created the first modern totalitarian regime portrays the crisis at the heart of the tsarist empire. Drawing on archival materials newly released in Russia, he chronicles the upheaval that began as a conservative revolt but was soon captured by messianic intellectuals intent not merely on reforming Russia but on remaking the world. He provides fresh accounts of the revolution's personalities and policies, crises, and cruelties, from the murder of the royal family through civil war, famine, and state terror. Brilliantly and persuasively, Pipes shows us why the resulting system owes less to the theories of Marx than it did to the character of Lenin and Russia's long authoritarian tradition. What ensues is a path-clearing work that is indispensable to any understanding of the events of the century.

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Recensione:

"A deep and eloquent condemnation of the revolution and its aftermath."--The New York Times

L'autore:

Richard Pipes was for many years a professor of history at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books and essays on Russia, past and present, including Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime. In 1981–82 he served as President Reagan's National Security Council adviser on Soviet and East European affairs, and he has twice received a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Marlborough, New Hampshire.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679745440
• ISBN 13: 9780679745440
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464