Bibliograph

A people's history of the Russian Revolution, Neil Faulkner

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A people's history of the Russian Revolution, Neil Faulkner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A people's history of the Russian Revolution

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

937452432

Responsibility statement

Neil Faulkner

Summary

The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. Neil Faulkner sets out to debunk the myths. In this fast-paced introduction to the tumultuous events, the Russian people are the heroes. Faulkner shows how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action, destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers. He rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators, 'democratic-centralists' or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship. He argues that the Russian Revolution was an explosion of democracy and creativity - and that it was crushed by bloody counter-revolution and replaced with a monstrous form of bureaucratic state-capitalism. Laced with first-hand testimony, this history seeks to rescue the democratic essence of the revolution from its detractors and deniers, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader

Target audience

adult

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