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The Russian Revolution: A New History Hardcover - 2017 - 1st Edition

by Sean McMeekin


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From an award-winning scholar comes this definitive, single-volume history that illuminates the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution. In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced Communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in the middle of World War I, the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Russian Imperial Army, promoting mutinies and mass desertions of men in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the "imperialist war" into civil war. By the time the Bolsheviks had snuffed out the last resistance five years later, over 20 million people had died, and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that Communism had to be temporarily abandoned. Still, Bolshevik rule was secure, owing to the new regime's monopoly on force, enabled by illicit arms deals signed with capitalist neighbors such as Germany and Sweden who sought to benefit-politically and economically-from the revolutionary chaos in Russia. Drawing on scores of previously untapped files from Russian archives and a range of other repositories in Europe, Turkey, and the United States, McMeekin delivers exciting, groundbreaking research about this turbulent era. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in two decades, The Russian Revolution combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the twentieth century.

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  • Title The Russian Revolution: A New History
  • Author Sean McMeekin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date 2017-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780465039906 / 0465039901
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.5 in (23.88 x 16.00 x 3.81 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1920's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress subjects Soviet Union - History - Revolution,, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016058361
  • Dewey Decimal Code 947.084

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Citations

  • Choice, 11/01/2017, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2017, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 04/15/2017, Page 96
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/17/2017, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 06/23/2017, Page 0

About the author

Sean McMeekin is a professor of history at Bard College. The award-winning author of several books, including The Russian Revolution, July 1914, and The Ottoman Endgame, McMeekin lives in Red Hook, New York.
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