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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 with their arms in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the 'imperialist war' into civil war. But the time the Bolsheviks had snuffed out the last resistance five years later, over 20 million people had died, and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that Communism had to be temporarily abandoned. Still, Bolshevik rule was secure, owing to the new regime's monopoly on force, enabled by illicit arms deals signed with 'capitalist' neighbours such as Germany and Sweden, who sought to benefit – politically and economically – from the revolutionary chaos in Russia.
Drawing on scores of previously untapped files from nine different Russian archives and a range of other repositories in Europe, Turkey and the US, Sean McMeekin delivers exciting, ground-breaking research about this turbulent era. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in two decades, The Russian Revolution combines innovative scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the twentieth century.
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About the Author
Sean McMeekin is Professor of History at Bard College, New York. For some years he taught at Bilkent University, Istanbul. His books include the highly successful The Berlin-Baghdad Express (Penguin), The Russian Origins of the First World War and July 1914.
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Fresh, vivid and revealing -- John Gray * New Statesman * Praise for July 1914: 'Sean McMeekin's chronicle of these weeks in July 1914: Countdown to War is almost impossible to put down ... [McMeekin] delivers a punchy and riveting narrative of high politics and diplomacy over the five weeks after Sarajevo, more or less day by day, dwelling on small groups of decision-makers in and between the various capitals, and their interactions, by turns measured, perplexed, cordial, artful, angry, even tearful * New York Review of Books *
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- PublisherProfile Books Ltd
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 178125902X
- ISBN 13 9781781259023
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages446
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Hardcover. Main. At the turn of the century, the Russian economy was growing by about 10% annually and its population had reached 150 million. By 1920 the country was in desperate financial straits and more than 20 million Russians had died. And by 1950, a third of the globe had embraced communism. The triumph of Communism sets a profound puzzle. How did the Bolsheviks win power and then cling to it amid the chaos they had created? Traditional histories remain a captive to Marxist ideas about class struggle. Analysing never before used files from the Tsarist military archives, McMeekin argues that war is the answer. The revolutionaries were aided at nearly every step by Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the changes overtaking the country. To make sense of Russia's careening path the essential question is not Lenin's "who, whom?", but who benefits? 2017. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped d/w that is now in a protective cover. Scans available if required. Seller Inventory # 4748665
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