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The Russian Revolution

Autor Sean McMeekin

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The Russian Revolution
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Praise for July 1914:'Sean McMeekin's chronicle of these weeks in July 1914: Countdown to War is almost impossible to put down ... [McMeekin] delivers a punchy and riveting narrative of high politics and diplomacy over the five weeks aft...

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  • Editorial PROFILE BOOKS LTD
  • ISBN13 9781781259030
  • ISBN10 1781259038
  • Tipo LIBRO
  • Páginas 480
  • Año de Edición 2018
  • Idioma Inglés

The Russian Revolution

Autor Sean McMeekin

Editorial PROFILE BOOKS LTD

Praise for July 1914:'Sean McMeekin's chronicle of these weeks in July 1914: Countdown to War is almost impossible to put down ... [McMeekin] delivers a punchy and riveting narrative of high politics and diplomacy over the five weeks aft...

-5% dto.    15,00€
14,25€
Ahorra 0,75€
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Envío gratis a partir de 19€
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Praise for July 1914:

'Sean McMeekin's chronicle of these weeks in July 1914: Countdown to War is almost impossible to put down ... [McMeekin] delivers a punchy and riveting narrative of high politics and diplomacy over the five weeks after Sarajevo, more or less day by day, dwelling on small groups of decision-makers in and between the various capitals, and their interactions, by turns measured, perplexed, cordial, artful, angry, even tearful

(New York Review of Books)

At the turn of the century, the Russian economy was growing by about 10% annually and its population had reached 150 million. By 1920 the country was in desperate financial straits and more than 20 million Russians had died. And by 1950, a third of the globe had embraced communism.

The triumph of Communism sets a profound puzzle. How did the Bolsheviks win power and then cling to it amid the chaos they had created? Traditional histories remain a captive to Marxist ideas about class struggle. Analysing never before used files from the Tsarist military archives, McMeekin argues that war is the answer. The revolutionaries were aided at nearly every step by Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the changes overtaking the country. To make sense of Russia's careening path the essential question is not Lenin's "who, whom?", but who benefits?

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