The Soviet Revolution

Hardback in red cloth boards, some foxing to the endpapers and edge block, otherwise in Very Good condition. Dustwrapper has some foxing to the back cover, some fading to the spine, otherwise in Very Good condition. In a clear protective archival wrapper, First edition, pp473, introduction by Sidney Hook, index. Review copy from the publishers THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED. This history, originally published in 1962, by the then lone remaining figure in the leadership of the Russian Social Democratic Party, is an important contribution to the understanding of the Soviet October Revolution of 1917. It covers in detail the period from the February revolution of 1917 until the outbreak of the Second World War, passing through the phases of the October Revolution, the Peace of Brest-Litovsk, the Civil War, the struggle for the leadership of the party and the triumph of Stalin.