A People's History of the Russian Revolution

by Neil Faulkner

Book Overview

The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action and destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers. Faulkner rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators, 'democratic-centralists'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745399037
• ISBN13: 9780745399034
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"