The Russian Revolution from Lenin to Stalin 1917-1929 / Edition 2

by E. Carr, R. W. Davies

Overview

E.H. Carr is the acknowledged authority on Soviet Russia. In The Russian Revolution from Lenin to Stalin 1917 - 1929 , he provides the student and general reader alike with insights and knowledge of a lifetime's work. This book, now available in a brand new edition, is, without doubt, the standard short history of the Russian Revolution and now contains a new introduction by R.W. Davies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333993095
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/19/2003
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2003
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

E.H. CARR who died in 1982 at the age of ninety was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, UK. His books include International Relations between the Two World Wars 1919-1939, The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939, Nationalism and After, The New Society, What is History?, 1917: Before and After, Michael Bakunin, The Russian Revolution From Lenin to Stalin 1917-1929, the fourteen volume History of Soviet Russia and The Twilight of the Comintern 1930-1935.

R.W. DAVIES is Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

October 1917 The Two Worlds War Communism The Breathing-Space of NEP The New Soviet Order The Scissors Crisis Lenin's Last Days The Rise of Stalin The USSR and the West (1923-1927) The USSR and the East (1923-1927) The Beginnings of Planning The Defeat of the Opposition The Dilemma of Agriculture Growing Pains of Industrialization The First Five-Year Plan The Collectivization of the Peasant Patterns of Dictatorship The USSR and the World (1927-1929) The Revolution in Perspective

Editorial Reviews

'Not many books about the past illuminate the present, but this is one of them, and it deserves to be widely read.' - Richard Gott, The Guardian

'An astonishing amount of information, and of thought-provoking ideas, is compressed into a remarkably small amount of space...the standard of accuracy and clarity is very high, the style of presentation admirable. The author should - again - be congratulated.' - Alec Nove, New Society

'In this short and lively account he sets down exactly what he thinks took place, with perfect impartiality...there could hardly be a better introduction to one of the principal subjects in current affairs.' -Economist

'Here we have an absolutely first-class work in its own right...Carr will be remembered and consulted as long as his subject remains interesting, which is likely to be for a fair while yet.' - Ken Coates, Tribune

'Every statement, indeed every sentence is based upon a minute, careful and well documented study.' - H.S. Ferns, Birmingham Post

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