Three "Whys" of the Russian Revolution

by PIPES, RICHARD

• ISBN13: 9780679776468
• ISBN10: 067977646X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1997-05-27
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

America's foremost authority on Russian communism--the author of the definitive studies The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime--now addresses the enigmas of that country's 70-year enthrallment with communism. Succinct, lucidly argued, and lively in its detail, this book offers a brilliant summation of the life's work of a master historian.

Author Biography

Richard Pipes was for many years a professor of history at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books and essays on Russia, past and present, including Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime. In 1981–82 he served as President Reagan's National Security Council adviser on Soviet and East European affairs, and he has twice received a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Marlborough, New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(2)
CHAPTER ONE: Why Did Tsarism Fall?	3	(28)
CHAPTER TWO: Why Did the Bolsheviks Triumph?	31	(32)
CHAPTER THREE: Why Did Stalin Succeed Lenin?	63