The Russian Revolution /Sheila Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick, Sheila,
The Russian Revolution /Sheila Fitzpatrick. - Fourth edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource
Previous editions: 1982, 1994, 2008.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Setting. The society ; The revolutionary tradition ; The 1905 revolution and its aftermath : the First World War -- 1917 : The Revolutions of February and October. The February revolution and "dual power" ; The Bolsheviks ; The popular revolution ; The political crises of the summer ; The October revolution -- The Civil War. The Civil War, the Red Army, and the Cheka ; War communism ; Visions of the new world ; The Bolsheviks in power -- NEP and the Future of the Revolution. The discipline of retreat ; The problem of bureaucracy ; The leadership struggle ; Building socialism in one country -- Stalin's Revolution. Stalin versus the right ; The industrialization drive ; Collectivization ; Cultural revolution -- Ending the Revolution. "Revolution accomplished" ; "Revolution betrayed" ; The terror.
This updated new edition of Sheila Fitzpatrick's classic short history of the Russian Revolution takes into account the centenary of the Revolution in 2017 and what it means today. In this work, the author incorporates data from archives that were previously inaccessible not only to Western but also to Soviet historians, as well as drawing on important recent Russian publications.
9780192529695
Electronic Books.
DK265 / .R877 2017
The Russian Revolution /Sheila Fitzpatrick. - Fourth edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource
Previous editions: 1982, 1994, 2008.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Setting. The society ; The revolutionary tradition ; The 1905 revolution and its aftermath : the First World War -- 1917 : The Revolutions of February and October. The February revolution and "dual power" ; The Bolsheviks ; The popular revolution ; The political crises of the summer ; The October revolution -- The Civil War. The Civil War, the Red Army, and the Cheka ; War communism ; Visions of the new world ; The Bolsheviks in power -- NEP and the Future of the Revolution. The discipline of retreat ; The problem of bureaucracy ; The leadership struggle ; Building socialism in one country -- Stalin's Revolution. Stalin versus the right ; The industrialization drive ; Collectivization ; Cultural revolution -- Ending the Revolution. "Revolution accomplished" ; "Revolution betrayed" ; The terror.
This updated new edition of Sheila Fitzpatrick's classic short history of the Russian Revolution takes into account the centenary of the Revolution in 2017 and what it means today. In this work, the author incorporates data from archives that were previously inaccessible not only to Western but also to Soviet historians, as well as drawing on important recent Russian publications.
9780192529695
Electronic Books.
DK265 / .R877 2017