Learn more about the program. I started the book with a relatively negative view of communism, Lenin, Stalin, etc.

Lenin was helped by Germany who were trying to knock Russia out of the war. It is clear that the events of 1917, whatever you think of them, deserve study.”, A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924, Ten Days That Shook the World (Penguin Classics), The Permanent Revolution & Results and Prospects, The Russian Revolution (History In An Afternoon), Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies, The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism's Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration. Welcome back. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. ), then they confiscated private land, then changed the laws…it was Machiavellian, incremental, and scheming from the start. "Russian Revolution" is the collective term for a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. A must read for history buffs. After reaching the United States a year later, Pipes began his education at Muskingum College, which was interrupted in 1943 when he was drafted into the Army Air Corps and sent to Cornell to study Russian. Because of his strong opinions, which show through in his writing, the book is more engaging than if he had worried about feigning objectivity. However, if you are looking for a comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution, this is absolutely the book that I would recommend. And he has definite opinions which he is not afraid to voice. Buy it and read it now. He deeply understands Russia and unfolds his mastery using crystal clear prose. For a first timer this book is an excellent introduction. Witnesses of the Russian Revolution by Harvey J. Pitcher, 2001, Pimlico edition, in English I am not an apologist for the USSR; it was an evil and despo. Often the drama of the October Revolution and the Bolshevik seizure of power overshadow the disastrous Russian-German war that preceded it and the extended, confusing, many-sided civil war between the Reds and the Whites that followed. Often compared to War and Peace, this epic historical novel traces the fate of a typical Cossack family over a tumultuous ten-year period, from just before the beginning of World War I to the bloody civil war following the Russian Revolution of 1917. Please try again. Controversial. And so Pipes is thorough, detailed, with brilliant analysis. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. The book is a triumph of scholarship, but the reader does not feel triumphant. Overwhelming amounts of research and scholarship. But don't have the time or patience for a 400-page book? I did not find this one particularly new or inspiring. La prosa è scorrevole e la lettura piacevole. However it is certainly one of the more exhaustive narrative accounts that is available on re-enforced bookshelves. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Welcome back. but after having read about the specifics of what happened, my view had become even more negative. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. It is detailed to the point of tedium.

Pipes is a great storyteller, and the narration to the audiobook is quite well done. LEARN THE REVOLUTION FROM THE REVOLUTIONARIES! He also shows how the events of 1917 at the bottom of society impacted on and interacted with events at the top. This “new history” of the Russian Revolution was one of many books published to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. Lenin was a fierce, uncompromising radical who took c. Wow! Stupid propaganda which treats Marxist thought like everyone was faking it the whole time just to drink the blood of children.
Tra i numerosi spunti originali di interpretazione di questo rilevante avvenimento storico ci sono, secondo me: 1) il ruolo della armata rossa "ricreata" partendo dalle armi e dagli ufficiali dell'esercito zarista 2) l'uso delle riserve auree zariste e dei beni "espropriati" a privati e chiesa per l'acquisto di armi da usare nella guerra civile 3) La constatazione che stato dell'esercito imperiale prima della rivoluzione di febbraio, dal punto di vista militare e degli approvvigionamenti, era notevolmente migliorato rispetto agli anni precedenti. As a leading participant in many of the events he describes, the author clearly has his own angle. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. But his obvious bias detracts from the scholarship. In the end, the Bolsheviks won the civil war because of the lack of support to the white armies by the western countries, particularly England. Although written by a prime participant, it is not a personal memoir but rather a detailed and objective account that never loses sight of the big picture, focusing on the strategy and tactics of each contending class and political party. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. His hopes of developing a democratic proletariat were dashed by Stalin. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The Russian Revolution, in their view, struggled for the same objectives: to modernize and to build a strong nation-state. Well, I’ve chosen this because, from what I remember, it’s the book I most admired while I was writing about Russia because it gives the tremendous overall sweep of the entire catastrophe up to the end of the civil war in 1922 and the famine. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. There was a problem loading your book clubs. But don't have the time or patience for a 400-page book? This is a welcome, but incomplete correction of Trotsky parts. To see what your friends thought of this book, This volume is both a rigorous history and critique of Communism. Tags contributing to this page include: russian-revolution and october-revolution.

by. Although originally written in Russian and translated into English it was so well presented that I felt that I was being spoken to by the author rather than reading off pages.

Please try again. Yes, there are a lot of names to track, but then, there were a lot of characters involved in one way or another. Edition Description.

Pipes is obviously no fan of Lenin or Russia's version of Communism the Bolsheviks instituted...with good reason for the most part. The basic premise of the author seems to be the permanency of the Tsar’s regime. The best account of the Russian Revolution--its fervor and its madness--that I have read. Trotsky was one of the great political thinkers of the last century. updated May 13, 2015 06:32PM —

I want everyone to be corrupt to … Unashamedly Marxist in orientation, this work also features vivid characterizations, including of Czar Nicholas, Rasputin, and Lenin. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. McMeekin has written a number of books covering this period. I didn't feel that the account is sympathetic or shows empathy with any of the parties involved which limits its usefulness in understanding the way in which events developed. Had it not been weakened by internal and external enemies. “The Cheka is the defense of the revolution as the Red Army is; as in the civil war the Red Army cannot stop to ask whether it may harm particular individuals, but must take into account only one thing, the victory of the revolution over the bourgeoisie, so the Cheka must defend the revolution and conquer the enemy even if its sword falls occasionally on the heads of the innocent.” The scale of the conflict was remarkable, as was the intensity of the experience of those who took part and witnessed it, and this collection of historic photographs gives a poignant insight into the conditions of their time. The Russian Revolution is a very detailed (and I mean very detailed) look at the Russian revolution. The facts are well known, but history is about making connections between these facts, and there could be and there are many histories of the Russian Revolution. This book examines the competition between the USA and USSR to develop space programs that could land men on the moon, culminating with Apollo 11. La descrizione dei protagonisti degli avvenimenti tra le due rivoluzioni di febbraio e novembre è particolarmente viva ed interessante. It would still be there, unchanged today. There was an overwhelming amount of information in here, more even than I expected. Pipes wrote an exhaustively detailed and quite gripping account of the Russian Revolution, from the time of the first Duma government through 1918. The Romanovs and the Russian Revolution, Extract from 'Comrade Fox: Low-living in Revolutionary Russia'. Unable to add item to List. Painstakingly thorough. It was a great read, but I had to knock a star off for sheer length.

Find all the books, read about the author, and more. It is very detailed and requires some effort to get through, but by doing this one can get some understanding of how a band of fanatics, with the help of German government, managed to fool the millions of decent people and take over power in the country exhausted by the war and the autocratic rule of Romanovs, and then by exterminating of all its opponents rule it by terror for another seventy years.
This is a stunning book that counters western propaganda surrounding the greatest emancipation of the mass of the people in world history. Technological growth has us heading for disaster.

This one was above my pay grade. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Richard Pipes’ book seemed like a reasonable place to start dabbling with this subject.

Written in the late 1980s, before later scholars had increased access to the Russian archives after the fall of the USSR, its thoroughness is remarkable. There's a problem loading this menu right now. You reach the conclusion with enormous relief as if you have been freed of a burden. Includes index. It is refreshing to read a historian not afraid to vehemently attack a thing as clearly wrong, a vast crime. It is a complex topic deserving of an in-depth treatment. After reaching the United States a year later, Pipes began his education at Muskingum College, which was interrupted in 1943 when he was drafted into the Army Air Corps and sent to Cornell to study Russian. A proper history of the most enormous political catastrophe and genocide in human history, which is Russian revolution remains to be written.

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