An introduction to Lenin and his role in the Russian Revolution and an objective account of his years in power between 1917 and 1924. Takes advantage of new documentation made available since the Gorbachev era and the end of the Soviet Union.
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the social and political cataclysm that spread throughout Europe between 1914 and 1945; and describes how the world was changed by the events of two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich.
Explores the fate of the Russian Revolution in the years following Lenin's death, and explains how the Stalinist policies rejected the productive potential of the nationalized planned economy in favor of a corrupt, wasteful bureaucratic system.
Examines the life of Lenin, founder of the Russian Communist Party and leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, discussing hisyouth and family, the origins of his revolutionary thinking, and his rise to power.
Offers a brief biography of Joseph Stalin, exploring the events, the background, the people, and the mixture of private and public concerns which contributed to his historical impact.
