Mcmeekin Sean - The Russian Revolution A New History - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A powerful revisionist history (Times UK) illuminating the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution In The Russian Revolution acclaimed historian Sean Mc Meekin traces the events which ended Romanov rule ushered the Bolsheviks into power and introduced communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in the middle of World War I the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Russian Imperial Army promoting mutinies and mass desertions of men in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the imperialist war into civil war. By the time the Bolsheviks had snuffed out the last resistance five years later over twenty million people had died and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that communism had to be temporarily abandoned. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in over two decades The Russian Revolution combines cutting - edge scholarship and a fast - paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the twentieth century.
Title: The Russian Revolution A New History
Author(s): Mcmeekin Sean
Publisher: Basic Books
Barcode: 9781541675483
Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/16/2021
Category: European History