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The Russian Revolution by Sean Mcmeekin
From an award-winning scholar, this definitive history reveals the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution."McMeekin writes muscular history. His Russian Revolution grips the reader." --Niall Ferguson
In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolskeviks 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 twenty million people had died, and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that communism had to be temporarily abandoned.
The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in over 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.
Professor of history Sean McMeekin teaches at Bard College. His books have received several accolades. He was awarded the Norman B. The Russian Roots of the First World War won the Tomlinson Junior Book Award in 2010, and The Berlin-Baghdad Express won the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize in 2011. He won the Arthur Goodzeit Book Award in 2015 for The Ottoman Endgame and the Historian's Prize in 2016.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780465039906 |
| ISBN 10 | 0465039901 |
| Title | The Russian Revolution |
| Author | Sean Mcmeekin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US |
| Year published | 2017-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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