The Russian Revolution : a new history
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465039906
- ISBN: 0465039901
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Physical Description:
xxxi, 445 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-420) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: The blood of a peasant -- I. The twilight of the Romanovs -- The old regime, and its enemies -- 1905: shock to the system -- The fragile giant: Tsarist Russia on the precipice of war -- Russia's war: 1914-1916 -- II. 1917: a false dawn -- Full of fight -- A break in the weather -- Army in the balance -- The German gambit -- Twilight of the liberals -- Kerensky's moment -- III. Hostile takeover -- Lenin shows his hand -- Army on the brink -- Red October -- General strike -- Ceasefire -- Russia at low ebb -- Reprieve -- IV. The Bolsheviks in power -- War communism -- Red on white -- The Communist International -- The ides of March -- "Turn gold into bread": famine and the war on the church -- Rapallo -- Epilogue: the specter of Communism. |
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Subject: | Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | 947.0841 M167r 2017 (Text) | 33126022372514 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2017 April #2
Competing against a slew of titles commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, McMeekin (history, Bard Coll., The Ottoman Endgame) seeks to compile a definitive and seminal analysis utilizing newly accessible archival research. The book spans a wider timeframe starting in 1905 to allow more perspective on contributing events leading to the uprising. Additionally, the goal is to "rediscover the revolution as it transpired in real time, from the perspective of key actors who did not know, as they acted, how the story would turn out." The rise of what we now know as communism was not always a forgone conclusion. This title is similar to S. A. Smith's Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928, which also covers an extended timeframe on both sides of the revolution within a broader critical analysis. But McMeekin succeeds in offering a fresh take through inclusivity of contributing events beyond the depth of all other titles. However, this inclusivity is at times its weakness, as the work becomes overwhelming with lesser-known personages and events.
Copyright 2017 Library Journal.VERDICT A well-written and rewarding read on the Russian Revolution's lasting historical import. Essential for research collections, scholars, and informed readers.âJessica Bushore, Xenia, OH