History of the Russian Revolution

by Trotsky, Leon

• ISBN13: 9781931859455
• ISBN10: 1931859450
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-21
• Publisher: Haymarket Books

Summary

Regarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written, this book offers an unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history. This book reveals, from the perspective of one of its central actors, the Russian Revolution's profoundly democratic, emancipatory character. "The history of a revolution is for us first of all," Leon Trotsky writes, "the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of their own destiny." Originally published in three parts, Trotsky's masterpiece is collected here in a single volume. It serves as the most vital and inspiring record of the Russian Revolution to date. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

A Note About the Author	p. ix
Preface	p. xv
The Overthrow of Tsarism
Peculiarities of Russia's Development	p. 3
Tsarist Russia in the War	p. 13
The Proletariat and the Peasantry	p. 26
The Tsar and the Tsarina	p. 40
The Idea of a Palace Revolution	p. 49
The Death Agony of the Monarchy	p. 59
Five Days	p. 75
Who Led the February Insurrection?	p. 100
The Paradox of the February Revolution	p. 112
The New Power	p. 131
Dual Power	p. 149
The Executive Committee	p. 156
The Army and the War	p. 179
The Ruling Group and the War	p. 195
The Bolsheviks and Lenin	p. 206
Rearming the Party	p. 227
The April Days	p. 240
The First Coalition	p. 259
The Offensive	p. 269
The Peasantry	p. 282
Shifts in the Masses	p. 296
The Congress of Soviets and the June Demonstration	p. 316
Conclusion	p. 330
Chronological Table for Volume One
Appendix I	p. 333
Appendix II	p. 338
Appendix III	p. 343
The Attempted Counterrevolution
Introduction to Volumes Two and Three	p. 350
The July Days: Preparation and Beginning	p. 357
The July Days: Culmination and Rout	p. 378
Could the Bolsheviks Have Seized the Power?	p. 401
The Month of the Great Slander	p. 418
The Counterrevolution Lifts Its Head	p. 439
Kerensky and Kornilov	p. 456
The State Conference in Moscow	p. 474
Kerensky's Plot	p. 491
Kornilov's Insurrection	p. 506
The Bourgeoisie Measures Strength with the Democracy	p. 520
The Masses Under Attack	p. 540
The Rising Tide	p. 559
The Bolsheviks and the Soviets	p. 580
The Last Coalition	p. 594
The Triumph of the Soviets
The Peasantry Before October	p. 617
The Problem of Nationalities	p. 641
Withdrawal from the Pre-Parliament and Struggle for the Congress of Soviets	p. 662
The Military Revolutionary Committee	p. 681
Lenin Summons to Insurrection	p. 708
The Art of Insurrection	p. 740
The Conquest of the Capital	p. 764
The Capture of the Winter Palace	p. 793
The October Insurrection	p. 819
The Congress of the Soviet Dictatorship	p. 838
Conclusion	p. 869
Some Legends of the Bureaucracy	p. 875
Socialism in a Separate Country	p. 890
Historic References on the Theory of "Permanent Revolution"	p. 914
Chronological Table	p. 920
A Short List of Principal Persons	p. 925
A Short List of Principal Places	p. 930
A Brief Glossary of Unfamiliar Terms	p. 932
A List of Parties and Political Groups	p. 935
Index	p. 938
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