The Russian Revolution
ISBN: 9780199237678 | 0199237670
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 3/20/2008
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"The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it has become possible to step back and see the full picture." "This fully updated new edition of Sheila Fitzpatrick's classic short history of the revolution takes into account the new archival and other evidence that has come to light since the fall of the USSR, incorporating material that was previously inaccessible not only to Western but also to Soviet Historians." ... MORE
| Acknowledgements | p. v |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Setting | p. 15 |
| The society | p. 16 |
| The revolutionary tradition | p. 24 |
| The 1905 Revolution and its aftermath; the First World War | p. 32 |
| 1917: The Revolutions of February and October | p. 40 |
| The February Revolution and 'dual power' | p. 44 |
| The Bolsheviks | p. 49 |
| The popular rev... MORE | p. 52 |
| The political crises of the summer | p. 57 |
| The October Revolution | p. 61 |
| The Civil War | p. 68 |
| The Civil War, the Red Army, and the Cheka | p. 72 |
| War Communism | p. 78 |
| Visions of the new world | p. 84 |
| The Bolsheviks in power | p. 87 |
| NEP and the Future of the Revolution | p. 93 |
| The discipline of retreat | p. 96 |
| The problem of bureaucracy | p. 102 |
| The leadership struggle | p. 107 |
| Building socialism in one country | p. 111 |
| Stalin's Revolution | p. 120 |
| Stalin versus the Right | p. 124 |
| The industrialization drive | p. 130 |
| Collectivization | p. 135 |
| Cultural Revolution | p. 141 |
| Ending the Revolution | p. 149 |
| 'Revolution accomplished' | p. 151 |
| 'Revolution betrayed' | p. 157 |
| The Terror | p. 163 |
| Notes | p. 173 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 185 |
| Index | p. 193 |
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Sheila Fitzpatrick is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Professor of Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago. A past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and a co-editor of The Journal of Modern History, she is the author of many other books and articles about Russia. She lives in Chicago and Washington, DC.
