Lenin: A Revolutionary Life
Read, Christopher
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Add to basketSold by Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since March 23, 2001
Condition: Used - Near fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketLarge paperback, tiny curl to the corners of the cover and no other flaws to this clean, attractive copy, "An excellent biography which captures the real Lenin - part intellectual professor, part ruthless and dogmatic politician," illustrated with photos; ; 311 pages.
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From a highly distinguished author on the subject, this biography is an excellent scholarly introduction to one of the key figures of the Russian Revolution and post-Tsarist Russia. Not only does it make use of archive material made newly available in the glasnost and post-Soviet eras, it re-examines traditional sources as well, providing an original interpretation of Lenin's life and historical importance.
Focal points of this study are:
A prominent figure at the forefront of debates on the Russian revolution, Read makes sure that Lenin remains in his place as a highly influential and significant figure of the recent past.
Christopher Read is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Warwick. He is author of From Tsar to Soviets: The Russian People and Their Revolution, 1917-21 (1996), Culture and Power in Revolutionary Russia (1990) and The Making and Breaking of the Soviet System (2001).
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